Køsystemet fungerer.

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, kø + system become køsystem. Then the definite ending is added, giving køsystemet.

This is very common in Norwegian:

• bil
  • dør → bildør
• skole
  • bok → skolebok

English often uses separate words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.

-et is the definite singular ending here. It works like English the.

So:

• et køsystem = a queue system
• køsystemet = the queue system

In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of standing as a separate word.

Because the main noun is system, and system is a neuter noun in Norwegian.

You say:

• et system
• systemet

In a compound noun, the last part decides the gender. Since system is neuter, the whole compound is neuter too:

• et køsystem
• køsystemet

If the final noun were a common-gender noun, you would normally get -en instead.

fungerer is the present tense of å fungere.

So:

• å fungere = infinitive
• fungerer = present tense

Norwegian verbs do not change according to person the way English verbs sometimes do. The same form is used with all subjects:

• jeg fungerer
• du fungerer
• systemet fungerer

That makes Norwegian verb conjugation simpler than English in this area.

Because Norwegian does not need an extra helping verb here.

The single word fungerer already means works / is functioning / does work, depending on context.

So Norwegian can say:

• Køsystemet fungerer.

English may use different forms, but Norwegian often just uses the plain present tense verb.

No. This is the normal word order for a simple statement:

subject + verb

So:

• Køsystemet = subject
• fungerer = verb

If you turned it into a yes/no question, Norwegian would usually switch the order:

• Fungerer køsystemet?

That verb-before-subject pattern is very common in Norwegian questions.

The letter ø does not exist in English, so it can feel tricky.

A rough guide:

• It sounds somewhat like the vowel in British English bird or burn
• But you pronounce it with rounded lips

A useful trick:

1. Start to say eh
2. Round your lips as if saying oo

That gets you closer to ø.

So kø is not pronounced like English queue.

Yes, in many contexts you could.

Both fungerer and virker can mean that something works or functions.

But there is a small difference:

• fungerer is very directly about functioning properly
• virker can also mean seems in other contexts, so it can be a little broader

In this sentence, fungerer is very clear and natural.

No. You do not say det køsystemet here.

The ending -et already carries the idea of the. So køsystemet by itself is the normal definite form.

That is one of the big differences from English:

• English: the queue system
• Norwegian: køsystemet

A separate determiner can appear in some other structures, but not in this basic sentence.