No. 145 in Swedish
mannen
"The man"
In a sentence
Mannen gick till butiken.
The man went to the store.
Here, 'mannen' is the definite form of the noun 'man', meaning 'the man' in English, specifying a particular man who went to the store.
Jag såg mannen vid parken.
I saw the man by the park.
Here, 'mannen' also refers to a specific man that the speaker observed at a given location.
Mannen är glad idag.
The man is happy today.
In this sentence, 'mannen' functions as the subject of the sentence, where it defines the topic of the statement.
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