"The coat does not have buttons."

Translation: Rocken har inte knappar.

[Ash2of6]

It disappoints me that coat is not an ett word

[tsKiitos]

Why not inga for plural buttons?

[Berniebud]

"Inga" should be an acceptable answer here. It isn't?

[Zmrzlina]

It is.

[tsKiitos]

sorry should have been more clear. Why is inte an acceptable answer?

[Zmrzlina]

Ingen/inget/inga has to agree in number and grammatical gender. Inte does not have to agree. :)

[Zmrzlina]

Because that's the translation of not.

[tsKiitos]

So inga/inte isn't determined by singular/plural?

Rocken har inga knappar = The coat has no buttons
Rocken har inte knappar = The coat does not have buttons

[Cece-]

What's the difference between Rocken and Kappa? Are both "coats"?

[Qrunell]

Kappa is a coat for women. A "Rock" is for men.

[Bjornq]

Inga works fine.

[Mariano.Yalour]

I entered "Rocken har inte några knappar" because I thought it was also a valid way to say it. What would be the difference?

[Qrunell]

It is correct to say. The meaning is the same in some ways but the word "några" is obviously missing... "some". If somebody asked me about the design of this coat I would maybe answer The coat has no buttons. If someone asked why I had my coat open in that strange way I would answer "Rocken har inte några knappar"
The first is more of a statement, a definite fact. Yours is more an answer to some question you or somebody else may ask.

[Mariano.Yalour]

I see. So I guess it has to do with the emphasis on not even having one single button. Thank you very much!

[BethSager3]

Knapp for button: what is a snap called?