Hun snakker med arbeidsgiveren når det gjelder omsorgspermisjonen.

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Breakdown of Hun snakker med arbeidsgiveren når det gjelder omsorgspermisjonen.

• snakke: to talk
• med: with
• arbeidsgiveren: the employer

Questions & Answers about Hun snakker med arbeidsgiveren når det gjelder omsorgspermisjonen.

Why does Norwegian use arbeidsgiveren and omsorgspermisjonen instead of separate words for the employer and the care leave?

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

• arbeidsgiver = employer

• arbeidsgiveren = the employer

• omsorgspermisjon = care leave / caregiving leave
• omsorgspermisjonen = the care leave

So the endings -en here are doing the job that the does in English.

Why is omsorgspermisjon written as one long word?

Norwegian, like German, very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

Here:

• omsorg = care
• permisjon = leave

So omsorgspermisjon is a compound noun. This is completely normal in Norwegian. English often writes similar ideas as two words, but Norwegian usually joins them into one.

The -s- in the middle is a linking sound that commonly appears in compounds.

What does når det gjelder mean here?