Inspektøren kommer i morgen.

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the noun as an ending.

• en inspektør = an inspector
• inspektøren = the inspector

So -en here means the. This is very common in Norwegian.

The base form is inspektør.

Its forms are:

• en inspektør = an inspector
• inspektøren = the inspector

This noun is a common-gender noun in Bokmål, which is why it takes en in the indefinite singular and -en in the definite singular.

Norwegian often uses the present tense to talk about the future when the time is already clear from the sentence.

So:

• Inspektøren kommer i morgen.

literally uses a present-tense verb, but it naturally refers to a future event because i morgen already tells us it happens tomorrow.

English can do something similar in sentences like The inspector comes tomorrow, although English more often prefers will come.

Kommer is the present-tense form of komme (to come).

A very common pattern in Norwegian is:

• infinitive: komme
• present tense: kommer

For many verbs, the present tense ends in -r.

Examples:

• å snakke → snakker
• å bo → bor
• å komme → kommer

Not in this sentence. I morgen is a fixed expression meaning tomorrow.

That can be confusing, because morgen is related to morning, but:

• i morgen = tomorrow
• i morges = this morning
• om morgenen = in the morning

So here, i morgen should be understood as one time expression meaning tomorrow.

Norwegian does have ways to express will, but it often does not need them when a future time expression is already present.

Because i morgen makes the future clear, kommer is enough.

You could sometimes use another future construction in other contexts, but Inspektøren kommer i morgen is the most natural and straightforward way to say it.

Yes, absolutely.

Both are correct:

• Inspektøren kommer i morgen.
• I morgen kommer inspektøren.

When you move i morgen to the front, Norwegian uses the normal verb-second rule, so the verb still comes in second position:

• I morgen
  • kommer
    • inspektøren

This is a very important feature of Norwegian word order.

Yes, in this sentence it is fairly similar:

• Inspektøren = subject
• kommer = verb
• i morgen = time expression

So the basic pattern is:

• Subject + Verb + Time expression

That said, Norwegian word order becomes less like English when you put another element first, because Norwegian then requires the verb to stay in second position.

The letter ø is a vowel that does not exist in standard English, so it often feels unfamiliar.

A rough guide:

• it is somewhat similar to the vowel in French deux or German schön
• your lips are rounded, but the tongue is positioned more forward than for English o

In inspektøren, both ø sounds are this same vowel.

A rough pronunciation guide for the whole word could be written as:

• in-spek-TØ-ren

But the best way to learn ø is by listening and repeating, since English does not have a perfect equivalent.

No. In this sentence, the verb is conjugated, so you use kommer, not å komme.

• å komme = the infinitive, to come
• kommer = present tense, comes / is coming

You use å komme when you need the infinitive, for example after certain verbs or in dictionary form. But in a normal full sentence with a subject, you usually need the finite verb form:

• Inspektøren kommer i morgen.

Yes. Norwegian present tense often covers both ideas that English separates:

• comes
• is coming

So kommer can be translated in different ways depending on context. In this sentence, because of i morgen, the natural English meaning is future-oriented, but grammatically it is still just the Norwegian present tense.