Sikkerhetsinstruksen krever verneutstyr.

to require

Breakdown of Sikkerhetsinstruksen krever verneutstyr.

• sikkerhetsinstruksen: the safety instruction
• verneutstyret: the protective equipment

Questions & Answers about Sikkerhetsinstruksen krever verneutstyr.

Why is sikkerhetsinstruksen one long word?

Norwegian very often makes compound nouns, where English would use two or more separate words.

So:

• sikkerhet = safety
• instruks = instruction

Together they form:

• sikkerhetsinstruks = safety instruction

Then Norwegian adds the definite ending:

• sikkerhetsinstruksen = the safety instruction

A small linking -s- often appears inside compounds, as in sikkerhetsinstruks. This is very common and usually just has to be learned as part of the compound.

What does the -en at the end of sikkerhetsinstruksen mean?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular for many masculine nouns.

So:

• en sikkerhetsinstruks = a safety instruction
• sikkerhetsinstruksen = the safety instruction

This is one of the big differences from English: Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because in Norwegian, definiteness is often built into the noun itself.

In English, you say:

• the safety instruction

In Norwegian, that becomes:

• sikkerhetsinstruksen

So the idea of the is already included in the ending -en.