Word
Banereservasjonen dekker baneparet.
Meaning
The lane reservation covers the pair of adjacent bowling lanes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Banereservasjonen dekker baneparet.
dekke
to cover
banereservasjonen
the lane reservation
baneparet
the pair of adjacent bowling lanes
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Questions & Answers about Banereservasjonen dekker baneparet.
Why do banereservasjonen and baneparet both have endings that look like the?
Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
- banereservasjon = track reservation / lane reservation
banereservasjonen = the track reservation / the lane reservation
- banepar = pair of tracks / pair of lanes
- baneparet = the pair of tracks / the pair of lanes
So the endings are doing the job that the does in English.
What is banereservasjonen made up of?
It is a compound noun, which is very common in Norwegian:
- bane = track, lane, course, line depending on context
- reservasjon = reservation
- banereservasjon = literally track/lane reservation
- banereservasjonen = the track/lane reservation
Norwegian often combines nouns into one long word where English might use two or more words.
What is baneparet made up of?