Questions & Answers about Gruppen er aktiv på nettet.
In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.
- gruppe = group
- gruppen = the group
So gruppen is the definite form of gruppe.
This is very different from English, where the is a separate word. In Norwegian, this ending is extremely common:
- bok = book
- boken / boka = the book
For gruppe, Bokmål commonly uses gruppen as the definite singular form.
Er is the present tense of å være, which means to be.
So:
- er = is / am / are, depending on context
In this sentence, Gruppen er aktiv ... means The group is active ...
A useful thing to know is that Norwegian verbs do not change depending on the subject the way English verbs sometimes do. For example:
- Jeg er = I am
- Du er = you are
- Gruppen er = the group is
- De er = they are
The verb stays er in all of these.