Breakdown of Merverdiavgiften står på salgsdokumentet.
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to say (in writing)
merverdiavgiften
the value-added tax
salgsdokumentet
the sales document
Questions & Answers about Merverdiavgiften står på salgsdokumentet.
Why are merverdiavgiften and salgsdokumentet written as single words?
Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as one word, where English would often use two or more words.
- merverdiavgift = value-added tax / VAT
- mer = more
- verdi = value
- avgift = tax / fee
- salgsdokument = sales document
- salg = sale
- dokument = document
This is extremely common in Norwegian. A native English speaker may want to separate them, but in Norwegian they are normally written together.
So:
- merverdiavgift = VAT
- salgsdokument = sales document
And in the sentence they appear in definite form:
- merverdiavgiften = the VAT
- salgsdokumentet = the sales document
What does the ending -en in merverdiavgiften mean?
The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. In English, this would usually be expressed with the.
So:
- en merverdiavgift = a VAT / a value-added tax
- merverdiavgiften = the VAT
This is one of the biggest differences from English: Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.
Since merverdiavgift is a common-gender noun in Bokmål, its definite singular form is -en.
Why does salgsdokumentet end in instead of ?