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Learn Hardcore Norwegian: Reservedelen kommer i morgen. - The spare part arrives tomorrow.

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Reservedelen kommer i morgen.

Reservedelen kommer i morgen.

The spare part arrives tomorrow.

Breakdown of Reservedelen kommer i morgen.

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Questions & Answers about Reservedelen kommer i morgen.

Why is it reservedelen and not just reservedel?

Reservedel means spare part in an indefinite sense, like a spare part.

Adding -en makes it definite:

reservedel = a spare part
reservedelen = the spare part

So Reservedelen kommer i morgen means The spare part is coming tomorrow.

What gender is reservedel, and how do we know?

Reservedel is a masculine noun in Bokmål.

That is why the definite singular form is reservedelen:

indefinite singular: en reservedel
definite singular: reservedelen

Many Norwegian nouns are masculine, and learners often have to memorize the gender along with the noun.

Why does kommer mean is coming here instead of just comes?

In Norwegian, the present tense often covers both:

simple present: comes
present progressive: is coming

So kommer can mean either, depending on context.

In this sentence, because of i morgen (tomorrow), English usually prefers is coming tomorrow or sometimes comes tomorrow. Norwegian does not need a separate -ing form like English does.

How do you form kommer?

Kommer is the present tense of the verb å komme (to come / to arrive).

Basic forms:

infinitive: å komme
present: kommer
past: kom
past participle: kommet

In this sentence, kommer is used because the action is in the present/future context.

If the sentence talks about the future, why is there no special future tense?

Norwegian often uses the present tense for future events when the time is clear from context.

Here, i morgen makes the future meaning obvious:

Reservedelen kommer i morgen = The spare part is coming tomorrow

This is very common in Norwegian. You can also use forms like skal komme in some situations, but the plain present tense is natural and common for scheduled or expected future events.

What does i morgen literally mean, and how is it used?

I morgen means tomorrow.

Literally, i often means in, but in this fixed time expression you should just learn i morgen as the normal way to say tomorrow.

Examples:

Vi sees i morgen. = We’ll see each other tomorrow.
Han kommer i morgen. = He is coming tomorrow.

Why is the word order Reservedelen kommer i morgen?

This is the normal Norwegian sentence pattern:

subject + verb + time expression

So:

Reservedelen = subject
kommer = verb
i morgen = time expression

That gives: Reservedelen kommer i morgen.

This is similar to natural English word order in The spare part is coming tomorrow.

Could i morgen come first instead?

Yes. You can also say:

I morgen kommer reservedelen.

This still means the same thing, but now tomorrow is emphasized a bit more.

Notice what happens: when i morgen comes first, the verb still stays in second position:

I morgen
- kommer
  - reservedelen

This is an important Norwegian word order rule, often called the V2 rule.

Does komme mean only come, or can it also mean arrive here?

In sentences like this, komme is often best understood as arrive.

So Reservedelen kommer i morgen could naturally be understood as:

The spare part is coming tomorrow
The spare part arrives tomorrow

In delivery or shipping contexts, English often uses arrive, but Norwegian commonly uses komme.

How would a Norwegian yes/no question be formed from this sentence?

You move the verb before the subject:

statement: Reservedelen kommer i morgen.
question: Kommer reservedelen i morgen?

This means: Is the spare part coming tomorrow?

That verb-first pattern is the normal way to make yes/no questions in Norwegian.

How is reservedelen pronounced?

A careful approximate pronunciation is:

reh-ZEHR-veh-deh-len

A few notes:

r in Norwegian varies by dialect
the e sounds are usually clearer than in English
the final -en is the definite ending, and it is pronounced, not silent

You do not need perfect pronunciation right away, but it helps to recognize -en as the ending meaning the.

Could I translate this as The spare part comes tomorrow?

Yes, that is grammatically possible, but in natural English The spare part is coming tomorrow or The spare part arrives tomorrow is usually more idiomatic.

So:

Norwegian: Reservedelen kommer i morgen
natural English: The spare part is coming tomorrow / The spare part arrives tomorrow

The key point is that Norwegian kommer does not force the same tense choice that English does.

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