De møter krigeren.

they

Breakdown of De møter krigeren.

• møte: to meet
• krigeren: the warrior

Questions & Answers about De møter krigeren.

What does De mean here, and does the capital D matter?

At the start of a sentence, De may simply be de meaning they, because the first word is always capitalized.

However, De can also mean a very formal, polite you in older or especially formal written Norwegian. That usage is much less common today.

So in a normal modern learning sentence, De is usually understood as they, but technically the sentence-initial capital letter does not by itself remove the ambiguity.

What form is møter?

Møter is the present tense of the verb å møte.

So:

• å møte = the infinitive, to meet
• møter = meet / meets

In Norwegian, the present tense is often made by adding -r to the verb.

Do Norwegian verbs change depending on the subject, like I meet vs he meets in English?

No. Norwegian verbs are much simpler here than English verbs.

You use the same present-tense form for all persons:

• jeg møter
• du møter
• han møter
• vi møter
• de møter

So møter stays the same no matter who is doing the action.

Why is it krigeren instead of having a separate word for the?