Word
Politiet følger protesten.
Meaning
The police follow the protest.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Politiet følger protesten.
Why is it politiet instead of politi?
Politi is the basic dictionary form, but politiet is the definite form and means the police.
Norwegian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
- politi = police
- politiet = the police
So Politiet følger protesten uses the definite form because it is talking about a specific police force in the situation.
Is politiet singular or plural?
Grammatically, politiet is usually treated as a singular collective noun in Norwegian, even though in English the police is plural.
So Norwegian thinks of it more like the police force or the police as an institution.
That said, in the present tense this does not change the verb form, because Norwegian uses the same present-tense verb form for all persons and numbers.
Why is the verb følger?