Gården har mange dyr.

to have

Breakdown of Gården har mange dyr.

• mange: many
• dyret: the animal
• gården: the farm

Questions & Answers about Gården har mange dyr.

Why does gården end in -en?

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. In Norwegian, instead of putting a separate word like the before the noun, you often add the article to the end.

• gård = farm
• gården = the farm

So gården means the farm.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the before gården?

Because Norwegian usually puts definiteness on the noun itself.

English:

• the farm

Norwegian:

• gården

This is very common in Norwegian. The article is usually a suffix:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car
• et hus = a house
• huset = the house

So gården already includes the meaning of the.

What is the basic word order in Gården har mange dyr?

The word order is the normal Norwegian subject–verb–object pattern:

• Gården = subject
• har = verb
• mange dyr = object

So it is built like:

The farm + has + many animals

This is the same basic order English uses in a simple statement.