Breakdown of Utsnittet i landskapsbildet er bredt.
være
to be
i
in
bred
wide
landskapsbildet
the landscape photograph
Questions & Answers about Utsnittet i landskapsbildet er bredt.
Why does utsnittet end in -et?
Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
- et utsnitt = a section / a crop / an excerpt
- utsnittet = the section / the crop / the excerpt
Here, utsnitt is a neuter noun, so its definite singular ending is -et.
Why is there no separate word for the in this sentence?
In Norwegian, definiteness is often built into the noun itself.
So instead of saying something like the utsnitt, Norwegian says utsnittet.
The same happens in landskapsbildet:
- et landskapsbilde = a landscape picture/image
- landskapsbildet = the landscape picture/image
This is one of the biggest structural differences from English.
Is landskapsbildet really one word?