Politiet identifiserer sjåføren.

The police identify the driver.

Breakdown of Politiet identifiserer sjåføren.

• sjåføren: the driver
• politiet: the police
• identifisere: to identify

Questions & Answers about Politiet identifiserer sjåføren.

Why is it politiet and not a separate word for the police?

In Norwegian, definiteness is usually built into the noun itself instead of using a separate word like English the.

So:

• politi = police
• politiet = the police

The ending -et is the definite ending here. So politiet already includes the idea of the.

Why does sjåføren end in -en?

For the same reason: Norwegian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun.

So:

• en sjåfør = a driver
• sjåføren = the driver

The ending -en is the usual definite singular ending for a common-gender noun.

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

Because Norwegian normally uses a suffix article instead of a separate article in simple noun phrases.

In this sentence:

• politiet = the police
• sjåføren = the driver

English says the police and the driver, but Norwegian puts the definiteness on the nouns themselves.