Tekstilinnsamlingen begynner i morgen.

tomorrow

Breakdown of Tekstilinnsamlingen begynner i morgen.

• begynne: to begin
• tekstilinnsamlingen: the textile collection

Questions & Answers about Tekstilinnsamlingen begynner i morgen.

Why is tekstilinnsamlingen one long word?

Norwegian often forms compound nouns by joining words together.

Here, tekstilinnsamlingen is made up of:

• tekstil = textile / fabric / clothing-related material
• innsamling = collection
• -en = the

So tekstilinnsamlingen literally means the textile collection.

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses several separate words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

What does the -en at the end of tekstilinnsamlingen do?

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. It means the.

So:

• en innsamling = a collection
• innsamlingen = the collection

Because tekstilinnsamlingen is a compound noun, the definiteness goes on the last part of the compound.

Compare:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

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.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the, like in English?