"The students learn many different formulas in chemistry."

Translation: De studerende lærer mange forskellige formler i kemi.

[charugan]

why is "de" here? why not just studerende?

[deactivated user]

Studerende lærer mange forskellige formler i kemi. = Students learn many...

De studerende lærer mange forskellige formler i kemi. = The students learn many...

[charugan]

is students just irregular then? you can't append the definite article and make it studerendene?

[deactivated user]

It works that way because studerende really is the present participle of the verb studere used as an adjective, which in turn is being used as a noun.

en studerende, den studerende

flere studerende, de studerende

[charugan]

ohhh. makes sense, thanks. So it's like "The studying", as we would say "The living" in English.

[Linda468778]

How does one know when to use forskellige and when to use anderledes?
Is there a guideline for that?

[SCearley]

forskellig means various. I have many different shirts in my closet.
anderlede means distinct, unlike. Shirts and socks are different.

[watsond2255]

Why can you not use anderledes?