Vi snakker med proffen.

Snakke is the infinitive, meaning to speak / to talk.

In the sentence Vi snakker med proffen, the verb is conjugated for the present tense, so it becomes snakker.

• å snakke = to speak
• snakker = speak / are speaking / talk / are talking

Norwegian present tense is often made by adding -r to the infinitive.

Yes. Vi means we, and it is the subject of the sentence.

So in Vi snakker med proffen:

• Vi = we
• snakker = speak / are speaking
• med proffen = with the professional / with the expert

Norwegian usually follows the same basic word order here as English: subject + verb + prepositional phrase.

Med means with.

So snakker med means talk to / talk with / speak with.

This is a very common preposition in Norwegian:

• Jeg drikker kaffe med melk = I drink coffee with milk
• Hun kommer med vennene sine = She is coming with her friends

In this sentence, med shows who the speaking is happening with.

In Norwegian, snakke med is the normal way to say speak with / talk to someone.

English often uses both talk to and talk with, but Norwegian commonly uses med in this kind of sentence.

You can also sometimes see snakke til, but that usually has a different feel, more like speaking to someone in a one-way sense, or addressing them more formally or directionally. For everyday conversation with another person, snakke med is the usual choice.

Proffen is the definite singular form of proff.

Proff can mean:

• professional
• expert
• sometimes a highly skilled person

Depending on context, it can sound a bit informal or conversational. It is not always identical to the English noun professional in every situation, but that is often the closest match.

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

So:

• en proff = a professional / an expert
• proffen = the professional / the expert

This is one of the biggest differences from English.

Because in Norwegian, the definite article is usually added as a suffix to the noun.

English:

• the professional

Norwegian:

• proffen

So the idea of the is already built into proffen.

A separate determiner can appear in some other structures, especially with adjectives:

• den flinke proffen = the skilled professional

But in your sentence, proffen by itself already means the professional / the expert.

It is normally a common gender noun in Bokmål, which means it uses en in the indefinite singular and -en in the definite singular:

• en proff
• proffen

In practice, many learners first think of this as masculine, because en and -en are often introduced that way, but in modern Bokmål grammar it is better to think of it as common gender.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is roughly:

SNAK-er

A few useful points:

• sn at the beginning is pronounced with both sounds, unlike in English snow, where the s and n blend differently
• the a in snakk- is short
• the double kk helps show that the vowel before it is short
• the final -er is usually unstressed

Exact pronunciation varies a bit by accent, but that rough guide is good enough for many learners.

Yes.

The Norwegian present tense snakker can cover both:

• a general present meaning: We speak with the professional
• an ongoing action: We are speaking with the professional

Norwegian often relies on context where English might choose between speak and are speaking.

Yes, but the basic sentence you have is the most neutral one:

Vi snakker med proffen.

Norwegian is a verb-second language, so if you move another element to the front, the verb usually still stays in second position:

• Med proffen snakker vi.

That version is possible, but it sounds marked or emphatic, as if you are stressing with the professional. For a beginner, the original word order is the best pattern to learn first.

The grammar is neutral, but proffen can sound a bit conversational depending on context.

So:

• the structure Vi snakker med ... is completely normal and neutral
• proffen may feel slightly informal, like the expert or the pro

In a more formal context, Norwegian might use a different noun depending on what kind of professional is meant.