"Fuglen drikker vand."

Translation: The bird is drinking water.

[christian493356]

Im not understanding the "is drinking" vs "drinks" conjugation. Can anyone explain?

[Indra927477]

In Danish there is no "is drinking" form. You use the present tense "drikker" for both "drinks" and "is drinking". (native Danes confirm if I'm right).

[Alice689053]

Do if I translate sth on Duolingo excercises, it doesn't matter how I write it? For example 'is drinking' and 'drinks'? It should be no difference and both versions will be accepted in here? :)

[RyagonIV]

Yes, both simple and progressive tenses are pretty universally accepted in this course.

[JosephBell123311]

And it's awesome. Makes sense.

[me.meep.ep]

Ah... see, could this mean 'the bird drinks water' as in 'birds drink water', or...

[RyagonIV]

Like in English, Danish rather goes for the indefinite plural form when talking about general concepts: Fugler drikker vand - Birds drink water.

Other than that, using indefinite singular is also common: En fugl drikker vand. Using "Fuglen drikker vand" as a general concept is rather uncommon.

[dicyxxx]

"Fugler drikker vand" is incorrect. The plural of "fugl" is "fugle"

So the correct sentence would be:

• "Fugle drikker vand"

[nedvedsond]

Someone can help me, im learning danish now, i wanna know where i can found any danish conversation books to download for free

[rubinashah2]

Rubina shahzad: l am learning these words.animals name.birds name.and others

[Camden994685]

I cannot believe I got this wrong

[JosefXX]

Hearing the plural ending on some of these words is hard for me.