Sjåføren sjekker lastebilen.

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Breakdown of Sjåføren sjekker lastebilen.

• sjåføren: the driver
• lastebilen: the truck

Questions & Answers about Sjåføren sjekker lastebilen.

Why do sjåføren and lastebilen both end in -en?

Because -en is the usual definite ending for many masculine nouns in Norwegian. It works like English the attached to the end of the noun.

• sjåfør = driver

• sjåføren = the driver

• lastebil = truck
• lastebilen = the truck

So instead of using a separate word like the, Norwegian often adds the definite ending directly to the noun.

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Why isn’t there a separate word for the in this sentence?

In Norwegian, definiteness is usually marked with a suffix on the noun rather than with a separate word.

So:

• the driver → sjåføren
• the truck → lastebilen

This is one of the biggest differences from English.
A separate determiner can appear in some other structures, especially with adjectives:

• the truck = lastebilen
• the big truck = den store lastebilen

But in your sentence, there are no adjectives, so the ending alone is enough.

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