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: