Soppkontrollen skiller matsoppen fra giftsoppen.

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Breakdown of Soppkontrollen skiller matsoppen fra giftsoppen.

• skille: to distinguish; separate
• soppkontrollen: the expert mushroom inspection
• matsoppen: the edible mushroom

Questions & Answers about Soppkontrollen skiller matsoppen fra giftsoppen.

Why is Soppkontrollen one word?

Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns where English would use two or more words.

• sopp = mushroom
• kontroll = control, inspection, checking

So soppkontroll literally means something like mushroom inspection/checking.

Then -en is added to make it definite:

• en soppkontroll = a mushroom inspection / a mushroom-checking service
• soppkontrollen = the mushroom inspection / the mushroom-checking service

In Norway, Soppkontrollen can also refer to an actual mushroom-identification service that helps people tell safe mushrooms from dangerous ones.

Why is there no separate word for the in Soppkontrollen?

In Norwegian, the is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front.

So:

• en kontroll = a control / an inspection
• kontrollen = the control / the inspection

The same thing happens here:

• soppkontroll = mushroom inspection/checking
• soppkontrollen = the mushroom inspection/checking service

This is one of the biggest differences from English.

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