Kommandoen er tydelig.

to be

Breakdown of Kommandoen er tydelig.

• tydelig: clear
• kommandoen: the command

Questions & Answers about Kommandoen er tydelig.

Why does kommando become kommandoen?

Because Norwegian usually marks the by adding it to the end of the noun.

• kommando = a command / command
• kommandoen = the command

This is called the suffixed definite article.

For many masculine nouns, the definite singular ending is -en:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So here:

• en kommando = a command
• kommandoen = the command

What gender is kommando?

Kommando is usually treated as a masculine noun:

• en kommando
• kommandoen

In Norwegian, noun gender matters because it affects articles and endings.

Why is it er and not something like is translated more literally from English?

Er is the present tense of å være (to be).

So:

• å være = to be
• er = am / are / is

In Norwegian, the same form er is used with all subjects in the present tense:

• jeg er = I am
• du er = you are
• han er = he is
• kommandoen er = the command is

That is simpler than English, which changes between am / are / is.