Hun har en britisk venn.

Hun is the standard Bokmål form for she.

You may also see ho in Nynorsk, and sometimes in dialect writing, but in normal Bokmål the expected form is hun.

So in this sentence:

• Hun = she

Har is the present tense of å ha, which means to have.

So:

• å ha = to have
• har = has / have

In Norwegian, the verb does not change depending on the subject the way it does in English. That means:

• jeg har = I have
• du har = you have
• hun har = she has
• vi har = we have

So hun har simply means she has.

En is the indefinite article used with many singular nouns in Norwegian, similar to a or an in English.

Venn is a common gender noun, so it takes en:

• en venn = a friend

Norwegian nouns have grammatical gender, and that affects which article they take:

• en for many common gender nouns
• et for neuter nouns

Since venn is common gender, the correct form is en venn, not et venn.

You usually learn the gender together with the noun. Dictionaries and textbooks often list nouns with their article:

• en venn

That tells you the noun is common gender.

This matters because gender affects:

• the indefinite article: en venn
• the definite form: vennen
• adjective endings in some contexts

So it is a good habit to memorize nouns with their article, not by themselves.

Here, britisk is an adjective describing a singular indefinite common-gender noun:

• en britisk venn

In this pattern, many adjectives stay in their basic form.

Compare:

• en britisk venn = a British friend
• et britisk museum = a British museum
• britiske venner = British friends
• den britiske vennen = the British friend

So britiske is used in plural and definite phrases, but britisk is correct here because the noun is singular and indefinite.

In Norwegian, adjectives do not always change just because there is an article.

For many adjectives, the basic form is used with:

• singular indefinite common gender nouns
  
  • en britisk venn

A -t form is used with neuter singular nouns:

• et britisk barn

And a -e form is used in plural and definite expressions:

• britiske venner
• den britiske vennen

So the adjective system is about gender, number, and definiteness, not just about whether there is an article.

In Norwegian, nationality adjectives and language names are normally not capitalized.

So you write:

• en britisk venn
• en norsk bok
• hun snakker engelsk

This is different from English, where British, Norwegian, and English are capitalized.

So the lowercase b in britisk is completely correct.

Yes, this sentence has the basic word order:

• Hun = subject
• har = verb
• en britisk venn = object/noun phrase

So it follows the same basic pattern as English:

• She has a British friend

This is a simple subject–verb–object sentence.

Yes. In a yes/no question, Norwegian usually puts the verb before the subject.

Statement:

• Hun har en britisk venn.

Question:

• Har hun en britisk venn?

So Norwegian often forms questions by switching the order of subject and verb, much like English does in some cases.

The definite singular form is vennen, meaning the friend.

So you get:

• en venn = a friend
• vennen = the friend

With the adjective, the definite phrase becomes:

• den britiske vennen = the British friend

Notice that in the definite form, Norwegian usually uses:

• den
• adjective in -e form
• definite noun ending

The plural of venn is:

• venner = friends

So:

• britiske venner = British friends

And the definite plural is:

• vennene = the friends
• de britiske vennene = the British friends

This shows a common pattern:

• singular indefinite: en britisk venn
• plural indefinite: britiske venner
• singular definite: den britiske vennen
• plural definite: de britiske vennene

The double n helps show that the vowel before it is short.

So venn has a short e sound, not a long one.

You do not pronounce both n letters separately; they just signal spelling and vowel length. This is common in Norwegian spelling.

For a learner, the important point is:

• venn has a short vowel
• the final nn is pronounced as a normal n sound

Yes. Venn can be used generally for friend, regardless of whether the friend is male or female.

There is also a feminine form venninne, which means female friend, but in many situations venn works as a general word for friend.

So en britisk venn could refer to a British friend of either sex unless the context makes it clear.