Dansekurset begynner med pardansen.

The dance course begins with partner dancing.

Breakdown of Dansekurset begynner med pardansen.

• med: with
• begynne: to begin
• dansekurset: the dance course
• pardansen: partner dancing

Questions & Answers about Dansekurset begynner med pardansen.

Why is dansekurset written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.

So dansekurset is made up of:

• danse- = dance
• kurs = course
• -et = the definite ending for a neuter noun

Together, dansekurset means the dance course.

This is different from English, which often uses separate words: dance course.

What does the ending -et in dansekurset mean?

-et is the definite singular ending for many neuter nouns in Norwegian.

The base noun is et dansekurs = a dance course
The definite form is dansekurset = the dance course

So instead of putting a separate word like the in front, Norwegian often adds the definite article to the end of the noun.

Why is there an e in dansekurset?

The e is part of the compound form dansekurs.

Norwegian often uses a linking element in compounds, and in this word the first part appears as danse-. So the word is not built as danskurs, but dansekurs.

A useful way to think about it is:

• å danse = to dance
• et dansekurs = a dance course

You do not need to translate that e separately; it is just part of how the compound is formed.