Breakdown of Arbeidsledigheten kommer etter permitteringen.
komme
to come
etter
after
arbeidsledigheten
unemployment
permitteringen
the temporary layoff
Questions & Answers about Arbeidsledigheten kommer etter permitteringen.
How is arbeidsledigheten built up? It looks like a very long word.
It is a compound plus endings:
- arbeid = work
- linking -s-
- ledig = free / not occupied
- arbeidsledig = unemployed
- -het = a suffix that makes an abstract noun, similar to English -ness
- -en = the definite singular ending
So arbeidsledighet is unemployment, and arbeidsledigheten is the unemployment.
Long compounds are very normal in Norwegian, so words like this can often be understood by breaking them into smaller parts.
Why do both arbeidsledigheten and permitteringen end in -en?
Here, -en marks the definite singular form.
- arbeidsledighet → arbeidsledigheten
- permittering → permitteringen
So both nouns mean the ... rather than just the basic noun.
In other words:
- arbeidsledighet = unemployment
- arbeidsledigheten = the unemployment
- permittering = layoff / furlough
- permitteringen = the layoff / furlough
Why is there no separate word for the?