Setereservasjonen står på billettkvitteringen.

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Breakdown of Setereservasjonen står på billettkvitteringen.

• stå: to say (in writing)
• billettkvitteringen: the ticket receipt
• setereservasjonen: the seat reservation

Questions & Answers about Setereservasjonen står på billettkvitteringen.

Why is setereservasjonen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian very often combines nouns into a single compound word.

• sete = seat
• reservasjon = reservation
• setereservasjon = seat reservation
• setereservasjonen = the seat reservation

This is much more normal in Norwegian than in English. English often writes these as separate words, but Norwegian usually joins them.

The ending -en makes the whole word definite, so setereservasjonen means the seat reservation.

What does the ending -en mean in setereservasjonen and billettkvitteringen?

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. Instead of putting a separate word like the in front, Norwegian often adds the definiteness to the end.

So:

• en reservasjon = a reservation
• reservasjonen = the reservation

And:

• en billettkvittering = a ticket receipt
• billettkvitteringen = the ticket receipt

In this sentence:

• setereservasjonen = the seat reservation
• billettkvitteringen = the ticket receipt

Why is there no separate word for the?