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Questions & Answers about Jeg misliker støyen.
What does misliker mean, and is it a common everyday word?
Misliker is the present-tense form of å mislike, which means to dislike.
It is correct and natural, but in everyday Norwegian many speakers would more often say ikke like, as in Jeg liker ikke støyen. So misliker can sound a little more formal, deliberate, or written than the simpler negative version.
Why does støyen end in -en?
The -en is the definite ending, so støyen means the noise.
In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.
- støy = noise
- støyen = the noise
Why is there no separate word for the in this sentence?
Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.
So instead of using a separate word like English the, Norwegian often does this:
- en bil = a car
- bilen = the car
The same pattern appears here:
- støy = noise
- støyen = the noise
What gender is støy?