Hun ser skjønnheten i byen.

she

Breakdown of Hun ser skjønnheten i byen.

• se: to see
• i: in
• byen: the city

Questions & Answers about Hun ser skjønnheten i byen.

Why is it Hun and not hun capitalized differently or another form like ho?

Hun means she in Bokmål, and it is the normal written form here.

A few useful points:

• hun is only capitalized because it begins the sentence.
• In the middle of a sentence, it would be hun.
• ho also means she, but it is more associated with Nynorsk and some dialects, not standard Bokmål in this sentence.

So Hun ser skjønnheten i byen is standard Bokmål.

Why is the verb ser and not something like seer, sers, or serer?

In Norwegian, verbs are much simpler than in English because they do not change depending on the subject.

So:

• jeg ser = I see
• du ser = you see
• hun ser = she sees
• vi ser = we see

The verb stays ser for all persons.

This is different from English, where we say I see but she sees.

What form is skjønnheten?