Word
De har många mattor i huset.
Meaning
They have many rugs in the house.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about De har många mattor i huset.
How do we know to use the -or ending for mattor instead of -ar?
The singular form of "rug" is en matta. In Swedish, almost all en words that end in -a form their plural by dropping the -a and adding -or. That makes it a Group 1 noun!
Is De at the start of the sentence pronounced the way it looks?
No, this is a very common exception. The word De (meaning "they") is almost always pronounced as "dom" in everyday spoken Swedish.
Why does the sentence say huset instead of just hus?
The sentence means "in the house", not just "in a house". Because "house" is an ett word (ett hus), we add -et to the end to make it definite (huset).
Do I need to change the word många based on the noun it describes?
No, många simply means "many" and stays exactly like this when placed before any plural noun, like mattor, whether the noun started as an en or ett word.