Breakdown of Fotarbeidet påvirker kroppsholdningen.
påvirke
to affect; influence
fotarbeidet
the footwork
kroppsholdningen
the posture
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Questions & Answers about Fotarbeidet påvirker kroppsholdningen.
What does fotarbeidet mean, and why is it one word?
Fotarbeidet is the definite singular form of fotarbeid, which means footwork.
Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together, so:
- fot = foot
- arbeid = work
Together, fotarbeid means footwork.
In this sentence, fotarbeidet means the footwork.
Why does fotarbeid become fotarbeidet?
The ending -et shows that the noun is definite singular.
- et fotarbeid = a piece of footwork / footwork
- fotarbeidet = the footwork
This happens because arbeid is a neuter noun in Norwegian, and compound nouns usually take the gender of their final part. Since arbeid is neuter, fotarbeid is also neuter.
A useful pattern:
- et hus → huset
- et arbeid → arbeidet
- et fotarbeid → fotarbeidet
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