Pronouns

Personal pronouns - subject form

Quizlet

Verbs

Verbs in the present tense
You add –r to the infinitive to form the present tense:

It does not matter who is carrying out the verb. You add –r to the infinitive form of the verb after all pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, you and they:

Note that some verbs have irregular present tense forms:

Nouns

Norwegian nouns have three genders: masculine, feminine and
neuter. The indefinite articles are en (masculine), ei (feminine) and
et (neuter). The corresponding indefinite articles in English are a/an.

(Feminine nouns can have the article en instead of ei: ei/en jente.)

Leaving out en/ei/et

When stating certain situations you can leave out en/ei/et:

The same applies e.g. for occupations:

Conjunctions

The conjunctions og (and) and men (but) connect sentences:

Question words

The most common question words are:

Word order

Main clauses (sentences)

In a main clause the verb is the second element:

Negation

In a narrative clause the negation ikke (not), which is an adverb, usually comes after the verb:

Other adverbs like også (also/too) come after the verb as well:

Questions

In questions with question words the verb is also the second element:

In questions without a question word the sentence starts with the verb:

Nationalities