Glasuren har et blått mønster.

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Breakdown of Glasuren har et blått mønster.

• et: a
• blå: blue
• glasuren: the glaze

Questions & Answers about Glasuren har et blått mønster.

Why is it et blått mønster and not en blå mønster?

Because mønster is a neuter noun in Norwegian.

That means:

• et mønster = a pattern
• not en mønster

When an adjective describes a neuter singular noun in the indefinite form, the adjective usually gets -tt:

• blå → blått

So:

• et blått mønster = a blue pattern

If the noun were a common-gender noun, you would usually get:

• en blå bil = a blue car

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Why does blå change to blått?

This is adjective agreement.

In Norwegian, adjectives change form depending on the noun they describe. For blå, the most important patterns are:

• en blå stol = a blue chair
• et blått mønster = a blue pattern
• blå stoler = blue chairs
• det blå mønsteret = the blue pattern

So blått is the form used with a singular neuter indefinite noun.

This is one of the very common adjective patterns in Norwegian, so it is worth memorizing early.

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