How do you know if a Norwegian is masculine or feminine?

When speaking, native speakers will often mix between masculine and feminine inflection of nouns. For example, you could say: en klokke – klokka (a clock – the clock). Here, the indefinite singular form is in the masculine (“en klokke” instead of “ei klokke”) while the definite singular form is in the feminine.

Does Norwegian have gendered nouns?

Norwegian nouns are divided into three genders; masculine, feminine, and neuter.

What does ET mean in Norwegian?

There are two indefinite articles (a or an) that correspond with these genders: en for masculine nouns and et for neuter nouns. In the vocabulary lists, a noun followed by (n) means that it is a neuter noun and it takes the indefinite article et.

What language do the Norwegians speak?

Norwegian
Norway/Official languages

Do Scandinavian languages have gender?

In standard Danish and Swedish, nouns have two grammatical genders, and pronouns have the same two grammatical genders in addition to two natural genders similar to English.

Can most Norwegians speak English?

The vast majority of Norwegians speak English in addition to Norwegian – and generally on a very high level. Many university degree programmes and courses are taught in English.

What are the genders in the Norwegian language?

There are three genders in the Norwegian language: masculine (hankjønn), feminine (hunkjønn) and neuter (intetkjønn). Let’s look at an example from each of the genders to see how they’re inflected. Table of Contents [ hide] 1 Norwegian genders

How are nouns inflected in the Norwegian language?

The inflection of nouns in the Norwegian language depends on which gender the noun is. There are three genders in the Norwegian language: masculine (hankjønn), feminine (hunkjønn) and neuter (intetkjønn). Let’s look at an example from each of the genders to see how they’re inflected.

What is the correct way to inflect in Norwegian?

In most instances the correct way is to inflect the noun according to its gender as described as above, but in order to master the Norwegian language you must learn the exceptions as well. On the positive side, the exceptions only have minor differences in inflection.