Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.

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.

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.

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.

Begynner is the present tense of the verb å begynne, which means to begin.

So:

• å begynne = to begin
• begynner = begin / begins

In this sentence, it matches årsmøtet:

• Årsmøtet begynner = The annual meeting begins

Because Norwegian often uses the present tense for future events, especially when they are planned or scheduled.

So Årsmøtet begynner i morgen is completely natural, just like English The annual meeting begins tomorrow.

You do not need a separate future marker here. Norwegian can use the present tense when the future time is already clear from i morgen.

In this sentence, i morgen means tomorrow.

That is a very common fixed expression in Norwegian:

• i dag = today
• i morgen = tomorrow
• i går = yesterday

If you want to say in the morning, Norwegian usually uses something like om morgenen, depending on the context.

So here there is no ambiguity: i morgen means tomorrow.

The sentence has the normal main-clause order:

subject + verb + time expression

• Årsmøtet = subject
• begynner = verb
• i morgen = time expression

So:

Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.

This is very natural in Norwegian.

You can also move the time expression to the front:

I morgen begynner årsmøtet.

That is also correct, but then the verb still has to stay in second position. This is part of the usual Norwegian V2 word order pattern.

Yes. That is perfectly correct.

Both of these mean the same thing:

• Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.
• I morgen begynner årsmøtet.

The difference is mainly emphasis. Starting with i morgen puts a little more focus on the time.

A learner should notice that when i morgen comes first, the verb still comes immediately after it:

• I morgen begynner årsmøtet.

Not:

• I morgen årsmøtet begynner.

Normally, no.

If you mean the annual meeting, you need the definite form:

• Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.

If you want an indefinite meaning, you would usually need the article:

• Et årsmøte begynner i morgen.

But that would mean An annual meeting begins tomorrow, which sounds less specific.

So in an ordinary sentence about a known meeting, årsmøtet is the natural choice.

These are important Norwegian vowels.

• å in Årsmøtet is roughly similar to the vowel in some pronunciations of law or more, though it is not exactly the same.
• ø in møtet has no exact English equivalent. A useful approximation is to say something like the vowel in her, but with rounded lips.

You do not need a perfect English comparison to start with. The main thing is to recognize that å and ø are separate vowels in Norwegian and can change the meaning of words.

No. Begynner is very natural, but starter is also common in everyday Norwegian.

For example:

• Årsmøtet begynner i morgen.
• Årsmøtet starter i morgen.

Both are good Norwegian. Begynner can sound slightly more neutral or formal in some contexts, while starter is often very common in speech.