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    Norwegian Grammar in English

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    The document provides an overview of basic Norwegian grammar structures including: 1) The verb "to be" in Norwegian and forms for "I am", "you are", "he/she is", "we are", and "they are". 2) Definite and indefinite articles like "en/et" for "a" and adding "-en", "-et" or "-ene" to nouns for "the". 3) Use of "det" for impersonal statements. 4) Present tense conjugations, possessive pronouns like "min/mitt", placement of adjectives, and forming the negative with "ikke".

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    The document provides an overview of basic Norwegian grammar structures including: 1) The verb "to be" in Norwegian and forms for "I am", "you are", "he/she is", "we are", and "they are". 2) Definite and indefinite articles like "en/et" for "a" and adding "-en", "-et" or "-ene" to nouns for "the". 3) Use of "det" for impersonal statements. 4) Present tense conjugations, possessive pronouns like "min/mitt", placement of adjectives, and forming the negative with "ikke".

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    The document provides an overview of basic Norwegian grammar structures including: 1) The verb "to be" in Norwegian and forms for "I am", "you are", "he/she is", "we are", and "they are". 2) Definite and indefinite articles like "en/et" for "a" and adding "-en", "-et" or "-ene" to nouns for "the". 3) Use of "det" for impersonal statements. 4) Present tense conjugations, possessive pronouns like "min/mitt", placement of adjectives, and forming the negative with "ikke".

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    Norwegian Grammar in English

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    The document provides an overview of basic Norwegian grammar structures including: 1) The verb "to be" in Norwegian and forms for "I am", "you are", "he/she is", "we are", and "they are". 2) Definite and indefinite articles like "en/et" for "a" and adding "-en", "-et" or "-ene" to nouns for "the". 3) Use of "det" for impersonal statements. 4) Present tense conjugations, possessive pronouns like "min/mitt", placement of adjectives, and forming the negative with "ikke".

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    Some of the key things covered are Norwegian grammar topics like articles, pronouns, verbs and plural forms.

    In Norwegian, 'du' is used when talking to one person and 'dere' is used when talking to multiple people.

    Norwegian uses definite and indefinite articles. The indefinite article is 'en' or 'et' and the definite article is formed by adding '-en', '-et' or '-ene' to nouns.

    The verb være

    Norwegian has two ways to say you. Du is the


    form to use when talking to one person. Dere
    is the form to use when talking to several
    people.
    jeg er I am vi er we are
    du er you are Dere er you are
    han er he is de er they are
    hun er she is

    Notes:
    The indefinite article

    The indefinite article is en or et in Norwegian.

    en kvinne a woman
    et hus a house
    en bok a book
    et bord a table

    Notes:
    The definite article

    The English word the is expressed by placing -en


    or -et on the end of the word. With masculine
    and feminine words, -en is used and with neuter
    words, -et is used.

    faren the father bordet the table


    huset the house døren the door

    Notes:
    The definite article (plural)

    The English word the is expressed by placing -ene


    on the end of the word.
    vennene the friends jentene the girls
    husene the houses dørene the doors

    Notes:
    The impersonal form

    The impersonal forma in Norwegian with the


    word det.
    Det er overskyet It’s cloudy
    Det er kaldt It’s cold
    Det er fint ute It’s nice out

    Notes:
    The present tense

    The presente tense in Norwegian is completely


    regular.

    sove to sleep
    jeg sover I sleep vi sover we sleep
    du sover you sleep dere sover you sleep
    han sover he sleeps de sover they sleep

    Notes:
    The possessive pronoun (my)
    The Norwegian words for my are min e mitt. In
    the plural it’s mine.

    min bror my brother


    mitt eple my apple
    mine penger my money

    Notes:
    The possessive pronoun (your)

    The Norwegian word for your are din e ditt. In


    the plurale it’s dine.

    din bror your brother


    ditt eple your apple
    dine penger your money

    Notes:
    The possessive pronoun (his)

    The Norwegian word for his is hans.

    hans bror his brother


    hans eple his apple
    hans penger his money

    Notes:
    The possessive pronoun (her)

    The Norwegian word for her is hennes.

    hennes bror her brother


    hennes eple her apple
    hennes penger her money

    Notes:
    The possessive pronoun (our)
    The Norwegian words for our are vår and vårt.
    In the plural it’s våre.

    vår bror our brother


    vårt eple our apple
    våre penger our money

    Notes:
    The possessive pronoun (your)

    The Norwegian word for your is deres.

    deres bror your brother


    deres eple your apple
    deres penger your money

    Notes:
    The possessive pronoun (their)

    The Norwegian word for their is deres.

    deres bror their brother


    deres eple their apple
    deres penger their money

    Notes:
    Adjectives
    Adjectives are place after the noun as in English.

    den fattige mannen the poor man


    den fattige kvinnen the poor woman

    Notes:
    The Negative
    To form the negative, ikke is placed after the
    verb.
    Positive Negative
    jag er jag er ikke
    han har han har ikke
    han snakker han snakker ikke

    Notes:
    The Plural
    The plural of a word is often formed with the
    ending -ne.

    the boy gutten  guttene the boys


    the girl jenten  jentene the girls

    Notes:
    Demonstrative pronoun

    To say this o that in Norwegian denne and den


    are used. To say these o those, disse and de are
    used.
    denne hästen this horse
    den hästen that horse

    disse här hästarna these horses


    de hästarna those horses

    Notes:
    Some
    The Norwegian word for some is noen.

    noen venner some friends


    noen bøker some books

    Notes:
    There is / There are
    There is is translated with det er.

    Det er en strand Det er mat


    There’s a beach There’s food
    Det er mange mennesker
    There are many people

    Notes:

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