Låsesmeden undersøker låssylinderen og låskassen.

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Breakdown of Låsesmeden undersøker låssylinderen og låskassen.

• undersøke: to investigate; examine
• låsesmeden: the locksmith
• låssylinderen: the lock cylinder

Questions & Answers about Låsesmeden undersøker låssylinderen og låskassen.

What are the grammatical parts of this sentence?

Låsesmeden is the subject.
undersøker is the verb.
låssylinderen og låskassen is the object, made up of two nouns joined by og (and).

So the basic pattern is:

subject + verb + object

That is very similar to normal English word order in a simple statement.

Why do several nouns end in -en?

In Norwegian Bokmål, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front.

So:

• låsesmed = locksmith
• låsesmeden = the locksmith
• låssylinder = lock cylinder
• låssylinderen = the lock cylinder
• låskasse = lock case / lock body
• låskassen = the lock case

So the -en ending here is basically doing the job that the does in English.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the in front of the nouns?