Barnet plukker bæret.

the child

Breakdown of Barnet plukker bæret.

• plukke: to pick; pluck
• bæret: the berry

Questions & Answers about Barnet plukker bæret.

Why do barnet and bæret end in -et?

Because -et is the definite article suffix for many neuter nouns in Norwegian.

So:

• et barn = a child
• barnet = the child

and

• et bær = a berry
• bæret = the berry

Unlike English, Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Why isn’t it det barn or det bær for the child and the berry?

In Norwegian, the usual way to say the child or the berry is to attach the definite ending directly to the noun:

• barnet
• bæret

Using a separate word like det is not the normal basic pattern here.

You may sometimes see det together with a noun in more advanced structures, but in a simple sentence like this, barnet and bæret are the correct forms.

What form is plukker?

Plukker is the present tense of the verb å plukke.

So:

• å plukke = to pick
• plukker = pick / picks / is picking, depending on context

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