Regnskapsføreren kontrollerer bilaget.

The accountant checks the accounting voucher.

Breakdown of Regnskapsføreren kontrollerer bilaget.

• kontrollere: to check
• regnskapsføreren: the accountant
• bilaget: the accounting voucher

Questions & Answers about Regnskapsføreren kontrollerer bilaget.

Why does regnskapsføreren end in -en?

Because -en is the definite article attached to the noun. In Norwegian, instead of usually putting a separate word like the before the noun, you often add the definite ending to the noun itself.

• regnskapsfører = accountant / bookkeeper
• regnskapsføreren = the accountant / the bookkeeper

This is very common in Norwegian:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So regnskapsføreren means the accountant.

Why does bilaget end in -et instead of -en?

Because bilag is a neuter noun in Norwegian.

Norwegian nouns have grammatical gender, and that affects the article endings:

• en noun (common gender) → definite singular usually ends in -en
• et noun (neuter) → definite singular usually ends in -et

So:

• et bilag = a voucher / supporting document / receipt-like accounting document
• bilaget = the voucher / the document

That is why the two nouns in the sentence have different endings:

• regnskapsføreren = the accountant
• bilaget = the document

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