Soppkontrolløren undersøker forvekslingsarten så snart soppkontrollen begynner.

to begin

Breakdown of Soppkontrolløren undersøker forvekslingsarten så snart soppkontrollen begynner.

• så snart: as soon as
• undersøke: to investigate; examine
• soppkontrollen: the expert mushroom inspection

Questions & Answers about Soppkontrolløren undersøker forvekslingsarten så snart soppkontrollen begynner.

Why are soppkontrolløren, forvekslingsarten, and soppkontrollen each written as one long word?

Because Norwegian makes compound nouns very freely, much more often than English.

• sopp
  • kontrollør → soppkontrollør = mushroom inspector/checker
• forveksling
  • art → forvekslingsart = look-alike species / species that can be confused with another
• sopp
  • kontroll → soppkontroll = mushroom inspection/check

Then the definite ending is added to the whole compound:

• soppkontrollør → soppkontrolløren
• forvekslingsart → forvekslingsarten
• soppkontroll → soppkontrollen

Where is the word the in this sentence?

In Norwegian, the is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix.

Here:

• soppkontrolløren = the mushroom inspector
• forvekslingsarten = the look-alike species
• soppkontrollen = the mushroom inspection/check

So instead of a separate word like English the, Norwegian often uses endings such as -en, -a, or -et.

Why does soppkontrolløren end in -en, even though the word already ends in -ør?