Hun drikker en liter vann.

Hun is the subject pronoun, meaning she.

In Hun drikker en liter vann, hun is the one doing the action, so Norwegian uses hun.

Use henne when the person is the object, for example:

• Jeg ser henne. = I see her.

So:

• hun = she
• henne = her

Drikker is the present tense of å drikke (to drink).

So:

• å drikke = to drink
• drikker = drinks / is drinking

In Norwegian, the present tense often covers both English meanings:

• She drinks a liter of water
• She is drinking a liter of water

Both can be translated as Hun drikker en liter vann, depending on context.

Norwegian usually does not form the present continuous the way English does.

English often says:

• She is drinking

But Norwegian normally just uses the simple present:

• Hun drikker

So Norwegian does not need a separate helping verb like is here.

Because en belongs to liter, not to vann.

In this sentence, en liter vann means a liter of water. The main counted noun is liter, and liter is a common-gender noun, so it takes en:

• en liter
• literen
• flere liter

Even though vann is neuter and usually goes with et in other contexts, that does not affect liter here.

After measurements like en liter, et glass, en kopp, en flaske, Norwegian often leaves the following substance noun without an article.

So you get:

• en liter vann = a liter of water
• et glass melk = a glass of milk
• en kopp kaffe = a cup of coffee

This is very natural in Norwegian. English often uses of, but Norwegian usually does not need a separate word there.

Not normally, unless you mean a liter of the water in a specific context.

• Hun drikker en liter vann = she drinks a liter of water (general, natural)
• Hun drikker en liter av vannet = she drinks a liter of the water (specific water already mentioned)

So the sentence you were given is the normal way to say it.

This is the standard Norwegian main-clause word order:

subject + verb + rest

So:

• Hun = subject
• drikker = verb
• en liter vann = object / what she drinks

This is the normal pattern in simple statements.

Yes. Norwegian often uses verb-second word order, which means the finite verb stays in the second position in main clauses.

For example:

• Hun drikker en liter vann.
• I dag drikker hun en liter vann.

When I dag is moved to the front, the verb drikker still stays in second position, so hun moves after it.

This is different from English and is an important Norwegian pattern.

Here vann is treated like an uncountable substance noun, similar to water in English.

You usually do not count waters in this meaning. Instead, you measure it:

• en liter vann
• mye vann = much water
• lite vann = little water

So the thing being counted is liter, not vann.

Here are the basic forms:

• hun = she
• drikker → dictionary form: å drikke = to drink
• en = a/an for common-gender nouns
• liter = liter
• vann = water

So if you were looking these up, the main verb would appear as å drikke, not drikker.

In careful speech, you may hear something close to:

• hun with a vowel a bit like the vowel in French lune or German über
• drikker roughly like DRIK-er

But in everyday speech, pronunciation can be reduced, and dialects vary a lot.

A useful learner note:

• hun is often pronounced with a clear h
• drikker has a short vowel in the first syllable: drikk-

If you are learning Bokmål pronunciation, it is best to listen to native audio, because spelling does not always tell you everything.

Usually yes, but like English drink, it can also be used in broader contexts depending on what follows.

In this sentence, drikker en liter vann, the meaning is straightforward: she drinks water.

So here drikker has its basic literal meaning:

• to drink

Yes. This sentence pattern is very productive.

For example:

• Hun drikker en liter melk. = She drinks a liter of milk.
• Hun drikker en liter juice. = She drinks a liter of juice.
• Hun drikker en kopp kaffe. = She drinks a cup of coffee.

So the structure is easy to reuse: Hun drikker + amount + drink