Rommet ser kjempefint ut.

The room looks really nice.

Breakdown of Rommet ser kjempefint ut.

• rommet: the room
• se ut: to look
• kjempefin: really nice

Questions & Answers about Rommet ser kjempefint ut.

Why is it rommet and not rom?

Because rommet is the definite form of et rom (a room).

In Norwegian, you usually do not put a separate word for the in front of the noun. Instead, the noun itself changes form:

• et rom = a room
• rommet = the room

So Rommet ser kjempefint ut means The room looks really nice.

Why does rommet end in -et?

Rom is a neuter noun in Norwegian, so it takes:

• et in the indefinite singular: et rom
• -et in the definite singular: rommet

This is a very common pattern for neuter nouns:

• et hus → huset
• et eple → eplet
• et rom → rommet

So the ending -et is basically the Norwegian way of saying the for many neuter nouns.

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