Vannstasjonen står ved matboden.

to stand

Breakdown of Vannstasjonen står ved matboden.

• ved: by
• matboden: the food stall
• vannstasjonen: the water station

Questions & Answers about Vannstasjonen står ved matboden.

Why do vannstasjonen and matboden end in -en?

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun.

• vannstasjon = water station
• vannstasjonen = the water station
• matbod = food stall / food booth
• matboden = the food stall / the food booth

So the ending -en here works like English the.

Why is there no separate word for the in this sentence?

In Norwegian, the most common way to say the is with a suffix attached to the noun.

So instead of saying something like the water station, Norwegian says vannstasjonen.

A separate determiner such as den is only used in certain situations, for example with an adjective:

• vannstasjonen = the water station
• den store vannstasjonen = the big water station

What are the dictionary forms of the nouns and verb in this sentence?

The base forms are:

• vannstasjon = water station
• matbod = food stall / food booth
• stå = to stand

In the sentence:

• vannstasjonen is the definite singular form of vannstasjon
• matboden is the definite singular form of matbod
• står is the present tense of stå