Dagsatsen er riktig.

It is a compound noun, which is very common in Norwegian.

• dag = day
• sats = rate
• dagsats = a daily rate / day rate
• dagsatsen = the daily rate

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun, so dagsatsen is the definite singular form.

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

So:

• en dagsats = a daily rate
• dagsatsen = the daily rate

This is a very common pattern in Norwegian:

• en bil → bilen
• et hus → huset

Dagsats is a common gender noun in Bokmål, so its indefinite form is en dagsats.

That gives you:

• en dagsats = indefinite singular
• dagsatsen = definite singular

Knowing the gender helps with articles and adjective forms in other contexts.

Er is the present tense of å være, which means to be.

So:

• er = is / are / am, depending on context

In this sentence, it works just like English is:

• Dagsatsen er riktig = The daily rate is correct

Here, riktig is a predicative adjective: it comes after er and describes the subject.

After er, Norwegian usually uses the basic singular adjective form for a singular subject. So:

• Dagsatsen er riktig = correct

You would use riktige with a plural subject:

• Dagsatsene er riktige = The daily rates are correct

Also, adjectives ending in -ig often have the same form in both common-gender singular and neuter singular, so riktig stays riktig.

Because adjectives behave differently depending on whether they are used before a noun or after a verb like er.

Compare:

• den riktige dagsatsen = the correct daily rate
  Here the adjective comes before the noun, so it takes -e.

• Dagsatsen er riktig = The daily rate is correct
  Here the adjective comes after er, so it stays riktig.

This is a very important distinction in Norwegian.

Yes. This is the standard Norwegian statement pattern:

• subject + verb + complement

So in this sentence:

• Dagsatsen = subject
• er = verb
• riktig = complement/predicative adjective

It is very similar to English word order.

For a yes/no question in Norwegian, you usually put the verb first:

• Er dagsatsen riktig? = Is the daily rate correct?

This verb-first pattern is very common in Norwegian questions.

Sometimes, yes, but they are not always interchangeable in every context.

• riktig often means correct, accurate, or right
• rett can also mean right/correct, but it has other meanings too, such as straight or the right side, depending on context

In this sentence, riktig sounds completely natural.

A rough guide is RIK-ti or RIK-tig, depending on accent and speaking style.

A useful thing to know is that in many varieties of Norwegian, the final -g in words ending in -ig is weak or barely pronounced in everyday speech. So learners often hear something close to rikti.

The stress is on the first syllable: RIK-.