"Den är röd på insidan."

Translation: It is red on the inside.

[Matt92HUN]

So is my neighbor, I checked.

[629.ucql9QLTttbE]

Den är större på insidan.

[iamgarth]

Drat. I was going to say that but you got there first.

[lUC9P]

Probably something wrong with people like us whos first thought is Dr. Who

[Silsool]

So is watermelon an en word in swedish? Or are we speaking of a human?

[Zmrzlina]

Could be either...

[sotnosen93]

Watermelon is an en-word in Swedish. En vattenmelon.

[CValleriani]

I would not test the theory if it is a human or not, though.

[Tatonka71]

Why do you use den here? I mean, when all should I use "Den"?

[HelenCarlsson]

We just assume that we are talking about an en-ord. It would be "Det är rött på insidan" if we were talking about a house for example (ett hus).

[Tatonka71]

Oh, interesting! thank you, I think I understand!

[Saulo_Prado]

I am so used to read "Det är..." that i think strange this phrase...

[Hjtunfgb]

I'm concerned for Duo, he seems a bit weird lately...

[mwood611]

As are most things.

[bigswedeej]

Could it be det finns?

[HelenCarlsson]

No, "there is" can sometimes translate to "det är", but "it is" can never be "det finns". You can say "det finns röd färg på insidan" but that means "there is red paint on the inside".

[Zmrzlina]

No, because det är/finns refers to things. Here we're referring to an abstract adjective.

[Lukas315]

why wouldn't "that is red on the inside" work? I thought den meant both that and it or does only det mean both?

[Simon322967]

Pretty sure this should count "Det är röd på insidan" as correct too, but it doesn't for some reason?

[ii_Banan_ii]

When you say "det" we assume you're talking about an ett word. Therefore, "röd" would need to take the ett form to match up with "det", so the sentence would be "Det är rött på insidan".
Hope this helps!