"En kvinna läser en tidning."

Translation: A woman is reading a newspaper.

[Yazan.k]

Isn't tidning means a newspaper??

[Anders91]

That is correct. It could also be a magazine.

[Robin371550]

Why is "a woman reads a newspaper" not accepted?

[akiflevent]

there is something wrong with this question. I have written. "A woman is reading a newspaper" but it says it is wrong... what is the missing point???

[devalanteriel]

That must be a bug - another user had the same question a week ago in this thread. Your translation is perfect.

What you could try is to add a dot for the punctuation. Sometimes, Duolingo gets really petty about that, though it's rare and not intentional.

[Justice722901]

I had a problem with this one where i was wroting the woman insyead of a woman. Maybe you went so fast you wrote down the withiut realizing it. Hopefully this is helpful

[HaydenHess]

Im confused how this gets translated to "One" woman and not just "The" woman

[devalanteriel]

• kvinna = woman
• en kvinna = a woman
• kvinnan = the woman

The default is "a woman" rather than "one woman", but since en can mean either, they're both accepted.

[Bethhh478]

Got this on a pronunciation question and really struggled. Anyone got any ways to help me pronounce it right? Thanks.

[langue.0]

I have write: A woman is reading a newspaper. What is wrong?

[devalanteriel]

If you wrote exactly that, there was a bug. It's the default translation.

[Darklion9]

is there a difference between "en" and "ett"? I know they both mean "a(n)" but I don't know why to use one or the other

[devalanteriel]

They're different grammatical genders. If you're unsure of what that means, please see this post:

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/26420394/Answers-to-some-common-questions-on-grammar-that-beginners-have