Vi plukker blomster.

Plukke is the infinitive, equivalent to to pick.

In a normal present-tense sentence, Norwegian uses the finite verb form:

• å plukke = to pick
• plukker = pick / picks / am picking / are picking

So:

• Vi plukker blomster = We pick flowers / We are picking flowers

You would use å plukke after another verb or when naming the action:

• Jeg liker å plukke blomster = I like to pick flowers

Vi means we.

It is the subject of the sentence — the people doing the action.

Examples:

• Vi plukker blomster = We pick flowers
• Vi går hjem = We are going home

It can mean both.

Norwegian often uses the simple present tense where English might use either:

• We pick flowers
• We are picking flowers

Which meaning is intended depends on context.

So Vi plukker blomster can describe:

• a general/habitual action: We pick flowers
• something happening right now: We are picking flowers

If needed, Norwegian can make the “right now” idea clearer with extra words, but the basic sentence itself can cover both meanings.

Because blomster here is an indefinite plural noun.

In English, you often need something like:

• flowers
• some flowers
• the flowers

In Norwegian, bare plural nouns are very common:

• Vi plukker blomster = We pick flowers / We are picking flowers

If you want to make it definite, you change the noun:

• blomstene = the flowers
• Vi plukker blomstene = We are picking the flowers

Blomster is plural.

Here are the basic forms:

• en blomst = a flower
• blomsten = the flower
• blomster = flowers
• blomstene = the flowers

So in Vi plukker blomster, the object is plural: flowers.

The word order is the standard Norwegian pattern:

subject + verb + object

So:

• Vi = subject
• plukker = verb
• blomster = object

This is very similar to English:

• We pick flowers

A useful thing to remember is that Norwegian is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position in main clauses. In this simple sentence, that gives the normal order Vi plukker blomster.

Because å is used with the infinitive, not with a normal present-tense verb.

Compare:

• å plukke = to pick
• vi plukker = we pick / we are picking

So:

• Jeg vil plukke blomster = I want to pick flowers
• Vi plukker blomster = We pick flowers

Think of å as corresponding roughly to English to before a verb.

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• vi ≈ vee
• plukker ≈ PLOOK-er
• blomster ≈ BLUM-ster

A few notes:

• The u in plukker is not exactly like English oo, but PLOOK-er is a helpful approximation.
• The o in blomster is closer to a short vowel sound than a long English oh.
• The r at the end is pronounced more lightly than in many English accents, depending on dialect.

If you are learning Bokmål pronunciation, it is best to listen to native audio, since pronunciation varies somewhat by region.

Yes, but it means something different.

• Vi plukker blomster = We pick flowers / We are picking flowers
  This is indefinite and general.
• Vi plukker blomstene = We are picking the flowers
  This refers to specific flowers.

So the sentence you choose depends on whether the flowers are being talked about in general or as a known/specific group.

No. Plukke is used for picking or gathering many things, especially things you take by hand.

For example:

• plukke blomster = pick flowers
• plukke bær = pick berries
• plukke epler = pick apples

It can also mean pluck in some contexts, depending on what is being picked.

No, not in the present tense.

Norwegian verbs do not change for person the way English verbs sometimes do.

So you get:

• jeg plukker = I pick
• du plukker = you pick
• han plukker = he picks
• vi plukker = we pick

The form plukker stays the same. This is one reason Norwegian verb grammar is often simpler than English verb grammar.