This is the 161st most frequent Swedish word.
unga
"Unga" means "young people" or "youth" in English.
Here, 'unga' refers to 'young' as an adjective describing 'people' in the plural form.
De unga människorna deltog i festivalen.
The young people participated in the festival.
In this sentence, 'unga' is used predicatively to mean 'young' describing how they were in the past.
Barnen berättade historier om deras äventyr som unga.
The children told stories about their adventures as youngsters.
'Unga' is used substantively, referring to 'young ones' as the subject in the plural without repeating the noun.