Risikovurderingen begynner nå.

The risk assessment begins now.

Breakdown of Risikovurderingen begynner nå.

• nå: now
• begynne: to begin
• risikovurderingen: the risk assessment

Questions & Answers about Risikovurderingen begynner nå.

What does risikovurderingen break down into?

It is a compound noun:

• risiko = risk
• vurdering = assessment / evaluation
• -en = the definite ending, meaning the

So risikovurderingen literally means the risk assessment.

Norwegian very often forms long nouns by combining smaller words like this.

Why is the attached to risikovurdering instead of being a separate word?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun.

So:

• en risikovurdering = a risk assessment
• risikovurderingen = the risk assessment

This is very different from English, where the is a separate word.

Why does the noun end in -en?

The ending -en shows that the noun is:

• singular
• definite
• usually common gender in Bokmål

Here the base noun is en vurdering, so the definite singular form is vurderingen.

Since risikovurdering is built on vurdering, it also becomes risikovurderingen.

What tense is begynner?