Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.

The annual meeting begins tomorrow.

Breakdown of Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.

• i morgen: tomorrow
• begynne: to begin
• årsmøtet: the condominium's annual meeting

Questions & Answers about Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.

Why is årsmøtet written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, år means year and møte means meeting, so årsmøte is literally year-meeting, which corresponds to annual meeting or yearly meeting in English.

Then -et is added to make it definite, giving årsmøtet = the annual meeting.

Why does årsmøtet end in -et?

In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like English the.

So:

• et årsmøte = an annual meeting
• årsmøtet = the annual meeting

The noun årsmøte is a neuter noun, so its definite singular ending is -et.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because Norwegian normally expresses definiteness by adding an ending to the noun.

English uses a separate word:

• the meeting

Norwegian often uses a suffix:

• møtet

The same happens with compound nouns:

• årsmøte = annual meeting
• årsmøtet = the annual meeting

So the idea of the is already built into årsmøtet.