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What is the difference between svensk, engelsk, tysk and svenska, engelska, tyska ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between svensk, engelsk, tysk and svenska, engelska, tyska ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
When to use them?
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@Very_Firstaid
You can be Svensk, Tysk or Engelsk
You can speak Svenska, Tyska or Engelska
Hope it helped!
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Svensk, engelsk, tysk are nationalities. Svenska, engelska, tyska are languages.
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The ones ending with -a can also refer to nationality if it's plural or definite form.
En svensk man = a swedish man.
Den svenska mannen = the swedish man.
Två svenska män = two swedish men.
De svenska männen = the swedish men.
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