Questions & Answers about Det er en pussig historie.
Det er is a very common Norwegian pattern meaning it is or sometimes there is/there are, depending on context.
In this sentence, det is a kind of dummy subject: Norwegian usually wants a subject in the sentence, even when English might be less explicit. So Det er en pussig historie is a natural way to say It is a strange/odd/funny story.
You should not always translate det literally as it word-for-word; sometimes it is just there because Norwegian grammar expects it.
En is the indefinite article, like a or an in English.
So:
- en historie = a story
- historien = the story
Because historie is a singular countable noun, Norwegian normally uses an article when you mean a story.
Yes. In Bokmål, historie is a noun that can often be treated as either:
- common/masculine style: en historie, historien
- feminine style: ei historie, historia
So en pussig historie is completely correct, and ei pussig historie is also possible in Bokmål, depending on the writer’s or speaker’s style.
A learner will often see en historie very frequently, so this sentence is perfectly normal.