Mandolinjen begynner ved mandoen.

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Breakdown of Mandolinjen begynner ved mandoen.

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• mandolinjen: the mandatory line in disc golf
• mandoen: the mandatory obstacle (disc golf)

Questions & Answers about Mandolinjen begynner ved mandoen.

Why is Mandolinjen written as one word?

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as one word, where English often uses two words.

So if this is made from something like mando + linje, Norwegian joins them into mandolinje.

A useful rule:

• the last part of the compound is the main noun
• that last part decides the word’s gender and how it is inflected

So the definite form is added to the whole compound:

• linje → linjen
• mandolinje → mandolinjen

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of standing in front of it.

So:

• linje = line
• linjen = the line
• mando = mando
• mandoen = the mando

That is why you see:

• Mandolinjen rather than the Mandolinje
• mandoen rather than the mando

English uses a separate word; Norwegian usually uses a suffix.

Why does Mandolinjen end in -n, but mandoen ends in -en?