No. 322 in Swedish
barnen
"The children."
In a sentence
Barnen leker i parken.
The children are playing in the park.
'Barnen' is used in its plural definite form to refer to 'the children', indicating a specific group known to the speaker.
Föräldrarna hämtade barnen från skolan.
The parents picked up the children from school.
'Barnen' is used again as the definite plural form, showing possession and indicating a specific set of 'children' related to or known by the parents.
Skrivböckerna är för barnen i klassen.
The notebooks are for the children in the class.
Here, 'barnen' is used to specify 'the children' in relation to a defined group, the class.
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