Hun potter om planten.

Hun is the subject form, meaning she.

In this sentence, she is the one doing the action, so Norwegian uses hun:

• Hun potter om planten. = She repots the plant.

Henne is the object form, like her in English:

• Jeg ser henne. = I see her.

Potter is the present tense of å potte.

So:

• å potte = to pot
• potter = pots / is potting

In this sentence, the full expression is å potte om, which means to repot.

Because the verb here is really å potte om, a fixed expression meaning to repot.

So you should learn it as a unit:

• å potte om = to repot
• hun potter om = she repots / is repotting

This is similar to how English has multi-word verbs like put on, throw away, or write down.

Here, om is not being used with its common meanings like about, if, or around.

In å potte om, om is part of the verb expression and gives the idea of changing the plant to another pot or refreshing its potting situation. So in this sentence, you should understand potter om together, not translate om separately word-for-word.

Because om belongs closely to the verb potter in this expression.

So the normal pattern is:

• Hun potter om planten.

Here:

• Hun = subject
• potter om = verb expression
• planten = object

A good beginner rule is to treat potte om as one unit and put the object after it.

Because Norwegian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun.

So:

• en plante = a plant
• planten = the plant

This is very common in Norwegian. Instead of a separate word like English the, Norwegian often uses an ending.

The base form is plante.

Its forms are:

• en plante = a plant
• planten = the plant

So -n here marks the definite singular form.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Norwegian often uses the simple present where English might use either:

• She repots the plant
• She is repotting the plant

If you really want to stress that the action is happening right now, Norwegian can use a longer expression such as:

• Hun holder på å potte om planten. = She is in the process of repotting the plant.

But in many everyday situations, Hun potter om planten is enough.

The infinitive is:

• å potte om planten = to repot the plant

A past form is:

• Hun pottet om planten. = She repotted the plant.

You may also see potta in some varieties of Bokmål:

• Hun potta om planten.

So the important thing to remember is that the expression stays potte om.

To make it negative, put ikke after the verb:

• Hun potter ikke om planten. = She is not repotting the plant.

To make it a yes/no question, put the verb first:

• Potter hun om planten? = Is she repotting the plant? / Does she repot the plant?

This is a very common pattern in Norwegian.