Breakdown of Treffpunktet avgjør om bowlingkjeglen faller.
falle
to fall
om
whether
avgjøre
to decide; determine
bowlingkjeglen
the bowling pin
Questions & Answers about Treffpunktet avgjør om bowlingkjeglen faller.
Why does treffpunkt become treffpunktet here?
Because treffpunktet is the definite singular form: the point of impact / the contact point.
- et treffpunkt = a point of impact
- treffpunktet = the point of impact
The ending -et shows that treffpunkt is a neuter noun.
What exactly does avgjør mean?
Avgjør is the present tense of å avgjøre, which means:
- to decide
- to determine
- to be decisive for
In this sentence, avgjør is best understood as determines or decides whether.
So:
- Treffpunktet avgjør ... = The point of impact determines ...
Why is it om and not hvis?
Here om means whether, not if in the conditional sense.
- om = whether
- hvis = if (for conditions)
So:
- Treffpunktet avgjør om bowlingkjeglen faller. = The point of impact determines whether the bowling pin falls.
If you used hvis, it would sound more like a condition: if the bowling pin falls, which is not the meaning here.