Questions & Answers about Vi behöver skor.
How do we form the plural of the word sko?
The singular is en sko (a shoe). It belongs to a group of nouns (Group 3) that form their plural by adding either -er or -r. Because sko already ends in a vowel, we just add an -r to get the plural skor (shoes).
Are there other words like sko that just take an -r in the plural?
Yes! Many short nouns ending in a vowel follow this same Group 3 pattern. Another common example is en ko (a cow), which becomes kor (cows) in the plural.
Both behöver and skor end in -r. Are those the same type of ending?
No, they are completely different! Behöver ends in -r because it is a verb in the present tense (the infinitive form is att behöva). Skor ends in -r because it is a plural noun.
Does the sk in skor make a soft sh-like sound or a hard sk sound?
It makes a hard sk sound, like in the English word skip. In Swedish, sk stays hard when it is followed by a hard vowel like o, a, u, or å.
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