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Since the last few posts, we have been learning about Norwegian nouns and articles. If you have missed the previous posts, here are the links:
- Learn About Norwegian Nouns and Articles
- Learn About Norwegian Nouns and Articles – II
- Learn About Norwegian Nouns and Articles – III
- Learn About Norwegian Nouns and Articles – IV
Here are some of the intetkjønn nouns and the different rules of grammar that apply to them.
1. The intetkjønn nouns with just a single vowel do not have an ending in the indefinite, plural form as shown below.
| Entall (Singular) | Flertall (Plural) | ||
| Ubestemt (Indefinite) | Bestemt (Definite) | Ubestemt (Indefinite) | Bestemt (Definite) |
| et hus (a house) | huset | flere hus | husene |
| et slott (a castle) | slottet | flere slott | slottene |
| et tak (a roof) | taket | flere tak | takene |
| et barn (a child) | barnet | flere barn | barna* |
| et føll (a foal) | føllet | flere føll | føllene |
* Note that the definite plural form for “barn” is a bit different that it ends with an “a”.
2. Most of the intetkjønn nouns with more than one vowel have an ending in the indefinite plural form as shown below.
| Entall (Singular) | Flertall (Plural) | ||
| Ubestemt (Indefinite) | Bestemt (Definite) | Ubestemt (Indefinite) | Bestemt (Definite) |
| et vindu (a window) | vinduet | flere vinduer | vinduene |
| et bilde (a picture) | bildet | flere bilder | bildene |
| et teppe (a carpet) | teppet | flere tepper | teppene |
3. Many times we can have two nouns that are combined to form a new noun. Such nouns use the gender of the second noun in the combination as shown below. We will learn more about these in later posts.
| Entall (Singular) | Flertall (Plural) | ||
| Ubestemt (Indefinite) | Bestemt (Definite) | Ubestemt (Indefinite) | Bestemt (Definite) |
| et viskelær (an eraser) | viskelæret | flere viskelær | viskelærene |
| et strykejern (an iron) | strykejernet | flere strykejern | strykejernene |
And now we have come to the conclusion for nouns and articles. Hope this has helped you increase your understanding of the way nouns are used in Norwegian. Keep learning these as nouns are one of the most important aspects of Norwegian grammar.
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Hi Ebrahim,
Ingen årsak.
Hei kevin
Jeg er veldig førnoyd av deg .
men jeg har et spørsmål .
Jeg blir prøve mange ganger å snakke norsk språk med norsk folk og folker førstàr meg vel ogsà.Men spørsmål mitt er hvordan kan jeg à forbede min skrive norsk
De siste jeg vil à si takk for alt.
Ha fine dag
Hilsen Kidus
Hei kidus,
Takk for kommentar.
Du må skrive mer. øvelse gjør mester.