Breakdown of Vi justerer ansatsen snarere enn siktemerket.
vi
we
justere
to adjust
snarere enn ...
more accurately; rather than
ansatsen
the bowling approach area
Questions & Answers about Vi justerer ansatsen snarere enn siktemerket.
What form is justerer?
Justerer is the present tense of å justere.
A few useful things about Norwegian verbs:
- They do not change for person.
- jeg justerer
- du justerer
- vi justerer
- So the same form works for I, you, we, etc.
Also, Norwegian present tense often covers both English simple present and present progressive. So Vi justerer can mean both We adjust and We are adjusting, depending on context.
Why is there no separate word for the before ansatsen and siktemerket?
Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word in front.
So:
- ansatsen = the ansats
- siktemerket = the siktemerke
This is very normal in Norwegian. Compare:
- en bil = a car
- bilen = the car
- et hus = a house
- huset = the house
You do get a separate word in front when there is an adjective, for example:
- den nye bilen = the new car
- det nye siktemerket = the new target marker
Why does one noun end in -en and the other in -et?