Metoden hjelper.

Because metoden is the definite singular form of metode.

• en metode = a method
• metoden = the method

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix, instead of being a separate word like English the.

Metoden is a noun. Its base form is metode, meaning method.

In this sentence, it is the subject — the thing doing the action of the verb.

Hjelper is the present tense of the verb å hjelpe.

• å hjelpe = to help
• hjelper = help/helping/helps, depending on context

In Metoden hjelper, it most naturally means The method helps.

Because Norwegian normally expresses definiteness by attaching it to the noun.

So instead of saying something like the method with a separate article, Norwegian says metoden.

A separate word such as den is usually added when there is an adjective:

• metoden = the method
• den gode metoden = the good method

No. Norwegian verbs do not change for person or number in the present tense.

So you get:

• jeg hjelper = I help
• du hjelper = you help
• metoden hjelper = the method helps
• de hjelper = they help

This is much simpler than English.

Yes. In this basic statement, the normal word order is subject + verb:

• Metoden = subject
• hjelper = verb

So Metoden hjelper is the standard neutral order: The method helps.

Norwegian main clauses follow a verb-second pattern, so if another element comes first, the verb still stays in second position:

• I dag hjelper metoden. = Today, the method helps.

Not necessarily. In this sentence, hjelper is being used without a stated object, meaning something like is helpful or helps in general.

You can also add an object if you want to say who or what is helped:

• Metoden hjelper studentene. = The method helps the students.
• Metoden hjelper meg. = The method helps me.

So Metoden hjelper is a complete sentence on its own.

In hjelper, the hj combination is pronounced roughly like y in English yes. The h is not pronounced as a separate h sound.

A simple approximation is:

• Metoden hjelper ≈ meh-TO-den YEL-per

That is only an approximation, but it helps with the main idea:

• stress on TO in metoden
• hjelper starts with a y-like sound, not a strong h

Sometimes Norwegian present tense can overlap with English is helping, depending on context. But in a simple sentence like Metoden hjelper, the most natural reading is usually a general statement:

The method helps.

If the context is about something happening right now, English might translate it as is helping, but that would come from the situation, not from a special verb form in the Norwegian sentence.