Du tok ikke engang med håven.

Tok is the past tense of ta, which usually means take.

A few useful forms are:

• å ta = to take
• tar = take / takes
• tok = took
• har tatt = have/has taken

In this sentence, tok is part of the expression ta med, not just ta by itself.

Ta med is a very common verb expression meaning take along or bring.

So although ta by itself means take, ta med works as a unit:

• Jeg tar med boka. = I’m bringing/taking the book along.
• Hun tok med barna. = She brought/took the children along.

In your sentence, tok ... med håven means that the person failed to bring the net along.

Because Norwegian main clauses usually put the finite verb in the second position. Here, the finite verb is tok.

So the structure is:

• Du = subject
• tok = finite verb
• ikke engang = adverbial expression
• med håven = rest of the verb phrase

This is normal Norwegian word order. The full idea is still ta med.

A similar example:

• Han tok ikke med nøklene. = He didn’t bring the keys.

Ikke engang is a fixed expression meaning not even.

It adds emphasis: the speaker is saying that the person failed to do something very basic or expected.

Examples:

• Hun ringte ikke engang. = She didn’t even call.
• De prøvde ikke engang. = They didn’t even try.

So in your sentence, ikke engang makes the statement stronger and more critical.

Because håven is the definite singular form of håv.

• en håv = a net
• håven = the net

Norwegian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

So:

• Jeg tok med en håv. = I brought a net.
• Jeg tok med håven. = I brought the net.

Because Norwegian does not use do-support the way English does.

In English, you often need did not:

• You did not bring the net.

In Norwegian, you can simply use the past tense verb directly with negation:

• Du tok ikke med håven.

So Norwegian says the equivalent of You took not the net along, even though that sounds unnatural in English.

In ordinary main clauses, Norwegian usually puts negation such as ikke after the finite verb.

That is why you get:

• Du tok ikke med håven.

and not:

• Du ikke tok med håven. (wrong in a normal main clause)

This is connected to the usual verb-second pattern in Norwegian.

Compare:

• Jeg kommer ikke. = I’m not coming.
• Han sa ikke noe. = He didn’t say anything.

Du means you for one person.

Unlike some other European languages, modern Norwegian normally uses du in almost all situations, including many polite or professional ones. So it is not especially informal in the way French tu or German du can be.

In this sentence, Du is just the normal singular you.

Literally, med often means with, but here it is functioning as the particle in the verb ta med.

So you should understand it as part of the whole expression, not as a separate with attached freely to håven.

That is why:

• ta med = bring / take along

rather than something like:

• take with the net

So håven is the thing being brought.

In a yes/no question, Norwegian puts the finite verb before the subject:

• Tok du ikke engang med håven?

That means Didn’t you even bring the net?

This is another very common Norwegian pattern:

• Kommer du? = Are you coming?
• Så du henne? = Did you see her?

A simple approximate pronunciation is HOH-ven, with the stress on the first syllable.

A few notes:

• å is roughly like the vowel in British law or the aw in saw
• håv starts with an audible h
• -en is the definite ending

So håven is approximately HOH-ven, though exact pronunciation varies a bit by dialect.