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- "Many Finns like beer."
"Many Finns like beer."
Translation:Många finländare tycker om öl.
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SO TRUE. I was on the ferry back to Helsinki yesterday and there is no doubt :D
No. Flera means several, as in a small, easily countable number. Given the number of Finns is large, många is the appropriate word here.
Yes, that's my understanding. So for example, "lärare" is both a singular and a plural noun. I'm no expert, but this seems like one of the few times when an "en" word has the identical singular and plural forms.
Yes, that is right. Agent words on -are are the same in singular and plural indefinite.
Finnar are the Finnish-speaking Finns. Finländare means all Finns. Finnar also means pimples... perhaps a native speaker could elaborate on that.
My Finlandssvensk husband often looks sideways at Duolingo, and this is one of those times. You don't say Finlandsk or Finländare, you say finsk or finar. And you never use words like ingendera...it's a bit dated, like your greatgrandma is teaching you Swedish.
A finländare is someone from Finland regardless of their mother tongue. A finne is someone from Finland whose mother tongue is Finnish. And ingendera is a common word in written Swedish which you will definitely encounter if you ever want to e.g. read books and newspapers.
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hej allihopa! can anybody help me, i'm confused with "finländsk, finländare, finsk" what differences do they have? tack!
