Questions & Answers about Huset har en unik stil.
Why is it huset instead of just hus?
Because huset means the house, while hus means just house.
Norwegian often makes nouns definite by adding an ending instead of using a separate word like the:
- et hus = a house
- huset = the house
So in this sentence, huset refers to a specific house.
Why isn’t there a separate word for the in front of huset?
In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the noun as a suffix.
So instead of saying something like the house, Norwegian normally says huset.
This is very common:
- bilen = the car
- boka = the book
- huset = the house
A separate word like den/det can appear too, but usually when there is an adjective in a definite noun phrase, such as:
- det store huset = the big house
What does har mean here, and does it change depending on the subject?