"Ingen förstod något."

Translation: Nobody understood anything.

[AndreiFelix]

The TTS sounds like it's saying förstog.

[Lickerish]

My Swedish friends tell me that this IS pronounced 'Förstog', for some reason.

[Zmrzlina]

That is indeed the case. The pronunciation has changed but spelling is usually more conservative than speech.

[AndreiFelix]

Interesting. Thank you both.

[bynny2015]

I put, " Ingen förstog något", because that was what I heard. Duolingo marked it as correct. So, is "förstog" acceptable in writing, but "förstod" is preferred in writing? Also, which is preferred when speaking?

[devalanteriel]

No, förstog is not acceptable in writing - it's just wrong. It's overwhelmingly more common in speaking, though.

Unfortunately, the typo system currently doesn't work for "type what you hear" exercises. This is very detrimental to the learning process. :(

[Trilby16]

The same word means "something" or "anything. " Hm...

[French_n_Swedish]

Wait until you see how much they use the word "jobbig/jobbigt..." - Basically anything that is not great through to pretty horrible can be described as "jobbigt".

[SunnySundquist]

Could "någoting" also have been used? but less common...

[devalanteriel]

någonting, sure. That's just as fine.