Direktøren begynner møtet.

The executive starts the meeting.

Breakdown of Direktøren begynner møtet.

• møtet: the meeting
• begynne: to start
• direktøren: the executive; company director

Questions & Answers about Direktøren begynner møtet.

Why does direktør become direktøren?

Because Norwegian often adds the definite article to the end of the noun.

• direktør = director / a director
• direktøren = the director

This is one of the first big differences from English. Instead of putting the before the noun, Norwegian usually attaches it as an ending.

For a masculine noun like direktør, the definite singular form is typically made with -en:

• en direktør = a director
• direktøren = the director

Why is møtet used instead of a separate word for the meeting?

For the same reason: Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• et møte = a meeting
• møtet = the meeting

Here, møte is a neuter noun, so the definite singular ending is usually -et.

So:

• direktøren = the director
• møtet = the meeting

English uses separate words like the director and the meeting, but Norwegian often builds the definiteness directly into the noun.

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