Denne fasen varer lenge.

this

Breakdown of Denne fasen varer lenge.

• vare: to last
• lenge: for a long time
• fasen: the phase

Questions & Answers about Denne fasen varer lenge.

Why is it denne fasen and not just denne fase?

Because in Norwegian, nouns usually take a suffix to show definiteness.

• fase = phase / a phase
• fasen = the phase

When you use denne (this), Norwegian normally still keeps the noun in the definite form:

• denne fasen = this phase

This is different from English, where this already makes the noun definite and the noun itself does not change.

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What exactly does denne mean?

Denne means this.

It is the common gender singular form of this in Bokmål:

• denne = this (common gender singular)
• dette = this (neuter singular)
• disse = these (plural)

Since fase is a common gender noun, you use denne:

• denne fasen = this phase

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Why does fase become fasen?

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for many common gender nouns in Norwegian.

So:

• en fase = a phase
• fasen = the phase

In the sentence, fasen is definite because it is part of denne fasen (this phase).

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