Assistenten hjelper kunden.

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Breakdown of Assistenten hjelper kunden.

• kunden: the customer
• assistenten: the assistant

Questions & Answers about Assistenten hjelper kunden.

Why do assistenten and kunden both end in -en?

Because -en is the usual definite ending for many masculine and common-gender nouns in Norwegian. It works like English the attached to the end of the noun.

• en assistent = an assistant

• assistenten = the assistant

• en kunde = a customer
• kunden = the customer

So instead of using a separate word like English the, Norwegian often adds the definite ending directly to the noun.

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

In Norwegian, the definite form is usually built into the noun itself.

So:

• the assistant → assistenten
• the customer → kunden

That means Assistenten hjelper kunden literally looks like Assistant-the helps customer-the, but in natural English it means The assistant helps the customer.

What form of the verb is hjelper?