Kjedeoljen står på bordet.

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Breakdown of Kjedeoljen står på bordet.

• bordet: the table
• stå: to stand
• kjedeoljen: the chain oil

Questions & Answers about Kjedeoljen står på bordet.

Why is it kjedeoljen and not a separate word for the, like in English?

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

• olje = oil
• oljen = the oil

Here, the noun is actually the compound kjedeolje:

• kjede = chain
• olje = oil
• kjedeolje = chain oil
• kjedeoljen = the chain oil

So instead of saying the chain oil, Norwegian normally says chain-oil-the as one word.

Why is kjedeolje written as one word?

Norwegian often forms compound nouns by writing them as a single word, much more often than English does.

So:

• kjede
  • olje → kjedeolje

This is completely normal in Norwegian. English might write chain oil as two words, but Norwegian prefers one compound word.

Why does the sentence use står instead of just er?