Mobilverkstedet mottar reparasjonsbestillingen.

The mobile-phone repair shop receives the repair booking.

Breakdown of Mobilverkstedet mottar reparasjonsbestillingen.

• motta: to receive
• mobilverkstedet: the mobile-phone repair shop
• reparasjonsbestillingen: the repair booking

Questions & Answers about Mobilverkstedet mottar reparasjonsbestillingen.

Where is the word the in this sentence?

In Norwegian, the is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of standing as a separate word.

So:

• mobilverkstedet = the mobile workshop / the phone repair shop
• reparasjonsbestillingen = the repair order

The endings show definiteness:

• -et = definite singular for many neuter nouns
• -en = definite singular for many common-gender nouns

So Norwegian often says in one word what English says with the + noun.

Why does one noun end in -et and the other in -en?

Because the two nouns have different grammatical genders.

• et mobilverksted → mobilverkstedet
• en reparasjonsbestilling → reparasjonsbestillingen

In Bokmål:

• many neuter nouns take -et in the definite singular
• many common-gender nouns take -en in the definite singular

The gender of a compound noun is normally decided by its last part:

• verksted is neuter → mobilverkstedet
• bestilling is common gender → reparasjonsbestillingen

What is the basic dictionary form of these words?