Radonmålingen starter i målesesongen.

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Breakdown of Radonmålingen starter i målesesongen.

• i: during
• radonmålingen: the radon measurement
• målesesongen: the radon measurement season

Questions & Answers about Radonmålingen starter i målesesongen.

Why is radonmålingen one word?

Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as a single word, where English would often use two words.

• radon = radon
• måling = measurement
• radonmåling = radon measurement
• radonmålingen = the radon measurement

So radonmålingen is not unusual at all in Norwegian. Writing it as two words would normally be incorrect.

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

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. It means the.

Compare:

• en måling = a measurement
• målingen = the measurement

Since radonmåling is a masculine noun, the definite singular form is radonmålingen.

This is a very common Norwegian pattern: instead of putting a separate word for the before the noun, Norwegian often adds the definite ending to the noun itself.

Why is it målesesongen and not målesesong?

For the same reason as above: -en makes the noun definite.

• målesesong = measurement season / measuring season
• målesesongen = the measurement season

So i målesesongen means in the measurement season.

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