Husleiekontrakten og studentbeviset leveres.

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Breakdown of Husleiekontrakten og studentbeviset leveres.

• levere: to submit
• husleiekontrakten: the tenancy agreement
• studentbeviset: the student ID

Questions & Answers about Husleiekontrakten og studentbeviset leveres.

What do the endings -en in husleiekontrakten and -et in studentbeviset mean?

They are the definite endings, so they mean the.

• husleiekontrakt = rental contract

• husleiekontrakten = the rental contract

• studentbevis = student ID / proof of student status
• studentbeviset = the student ID / the proof of student status

The different endings reflect grammatical gender:

• -en is commonly used for masculine nouns
• -et is used for neuter nouns

So here:

• husleiekontrakt is masculine
• studentbevis is neuter

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

So instead of saying:

• the rental contract
• the student ID

Norwegian says:

• husleiekontrakten
• studentbeviset

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English. In simple terms:

• English: the + noun
• Norwegian: noun + definite ending

Why is husleiekontrakt written as one long word?