Learn how to use Norwegian adjectives
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| Hei, jeg heter Nora. Hi everybody! I’m Nora. |
| Welcome to NorwegianClass101.com’s “Norsk på 3 minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Norwegian. |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to use the negative form. |
| In this lesson, we will start to learn about Norwegian adjectives and how to use them properly. |
| So the basic rule to know is that in Norwegian, adjectives come before the noun. Also, the adjective changes slightly depending on the gender of the noun, and whether it is singular or plural. |
| In Norwegian, nouns can be either masculine, feminine, or neuter. The same form of an adjective is used for both masculine and feminine nouns. A slightly different form of the adjective is used for neuter nouns. |
| Let’s give an example. |
| Morsom is an adjective that means “funny”. This is used before both masculine and feminine nouns. For example, |
| Hun er en morsom jente. She’s a funny girl. |
| The word “girl” here is feminine, so we use morsom. |
| Now let’s see this adjective used with a neuter noun- |
| Det er et morsomt spill. “It’s a fun game.” |
| A t was added, and morsom became morsomt. Morsomt is the form used with neuter nouns. In Norwegian, adjectives that are used with neuter nouns often have a t at the end, but not all the time - it depends on the adjective. |
| To recap, morsom is used with both masculine and feminine nouns, while morsomt is used with neuter nouns. |
| Here are a few more examples of adjectives in both forms. |
| Snill is the form of the adjective "kind" used with masculine and feminine nouns, and snilt is the form used with neuter nouns. |
| Pen is the the form of the adjective "nice" or “beautiful” used with masculine and feminine nouns, and pent is the form used with neuter nouns. |
| varm is the the form of the adjective "hot" used with masculine and feminine nouns, and varmt is the form used with neuter nouns. |
| Now let’s find out how to turn an adjective from singular to plural. Basically the rule is to put an e at the end of the adjective to make it plural. |
| But as is often the case in Norwegian, there are exceptions. |
| For example, Julie er snill means "Julie is kind", so if you make it plural it becomes Vennene mine er snille, which is "My friends are kind.” The e is added to the end. |
| To practice this switch, let’s see some examples- |
| If you want to say "My garden is big" you will say Hagen min er stor, as hage is masculine. |
| But if you want to say "My bedroom is big" you will say Rommet mitt er stort, you added a t to stor. |
| If you want to say "My brothers are big" you will say brødrene mine er store. Here, you’re adding an e to stor. |
| Now it’s time for Nora’s Insights. |
| If you want to emphasize an adjective in Norwegian, you can use the word veldig or kjempe before the adjective. For example, in veldig pen which is "very beautiful" or kjempegod which is "super delicious." |
| In this lesson, we learned how to properly use adjectives in Norwegian. |
| Next time we’ll learn the basic uses of the verb å gå, which is "to go," so that you will be able to say sentences like "I’m going to school." |
| I’ll be waiting for you in the next Norsk på tre minutter lesson. |
| På gjensyn! |
Comments
HideCan you make a sentence using an adjective?
Hei Denisse,
Så heldig du er!
Hilsen,
Patrick
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Vennene mine er kjempe pene❤️️
Hei Patricia!
Veldig bra!
Ida
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Jeg har en fin bil
Hei, Andrzej!
Good question. "Det var veldig snilt av deg" is used way more that "Det er veldig snilt av deg." The one with "var" is often used after someone has for example helped you. The one with "er" is used more before or while someone is helping you out etc.
In the case of "Det var veldig snilt av deg" the adjective "snill" is used as an adverb and must therefore be conjugated.
As you may now have noticed, I have only been writing snilt with one l. I will inform the team about this mistake in the video. Snill in neuter form looses one l and you add a -t.
Hope this helped.
Best,
Ida
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Hei Ida,
"Det var veldig snillt av deg "
"Det er veldig snillt av deg"
It was .....it is ?
Hvorvor har vi "snillT" ?
Takk !!
Hei Brida!
Thank you for posting! Takk!
Please don't hesitate to ask questions! :innocent:
Have a great day!
Engla
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Mange takk, I keep finding issues to iron out!
Hei, Brida!
Conjugating differs from masc/fem and neuter. Usually the neuter tend to have no -er ending.
En bil - bilen - biler - bilene
Ei dør - døra - dører - dørene
Et tog - toget - tog - togene
Remember that this is the main rule for conjugating, and Norwegian has a lot of irregular nouns.
"My rooms are big."
"Rommene mine er store"
Håper det hjalp!
Hope it helped!
Best,
Ida
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Hei!
Does the way to pluralise stay the same whether the noun is masc/fem or neuter? Because the example given is masc. If you wanted to say "my rooms are big", would that be "rommete mitte er store"?
takk :)