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Questions & Answers about Kommentaren er upassende.
Why is it kommentaren and not kommentar?
Kommentaren is the definite form of kommentar, so it means the comment rather than a comment.
- en kommentar = a comment
- kommentaren = the comment
Norwegian usually adds the definiteness to the end of the noun, instead of using a separate word like the in English.
Why does kommentaren end in -en?
The ending -en is the common definite singular ending for many masculine nouns in Bokmål.
Here the base noun is:
- en kommentar = a comment
and the definite form becomes:
- kommentaren = the comment
This is a very common pattern:
- en bil → bilen
- en stol → stolen
- en kommentar → kommentaren
What part of speech is er?
Er is the present tense of the verb å være (to be).
So:
- å være = to be
- er = is / am / are, depending on context
In this sentence, er means is:
- Kommentaren er upassende = The comment is inappropriate