Questions & Answers about Fjellhytta er enkel, om enn varm.
What is fjellhytta, and how is that word built?
It is a compound noun:
- fjell = mountain
- hytte = cabin
In Norwegian, compounds are usually written as one word, so fjellhytte means mountain cabin.
Here you have the definite form, fjellhytta, so it means the mountain cabin.
Why is fjellhytta written as one word instead of two?
Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as a single word.
So:
- fjellhytte = mountain cabin
- skogsbilvei = forest road
- sommerhus = summer house
English often uses two words where Norwegian uses one. That is very common and worth getting used to.
Why is it hytta and not hytte?
Because hytta is the definite singular form.
- hytte = a cabin
- hytta = the cabin
Norwegian often shows definiteness by adding an ending to the noun, instead of using a separate word like the.
With this noun, -a is the common feminine definite ending in Bokmål:
- ei hytte / en hytte = a cabin
- hytta = the cabin
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