Vinylplaten ligger på platespilleren.

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Breakdown of Vinylplaten ligger på platespilleren.

• ligge: to lie (be located)
• vinylplaten: the vinyl record
• platespilleren: the record player

Questions & Answers about Vinylplaten ligger på platespilleren.

Why do both nouns end in -en: vinylplaten and platespilleren?

Because Norwegian often marks the definite form by adding the article to the end of the noun.

• en vinylplate = a vinyl record
• vinylplaten = the vinyl record
• en platespiller = a record player / turntable
• platespilleren = the record player / turntable

So instead of a separate word like English the, Norwegian commonly uses a suffix.

Why is it vinylplaten instead of en vinylplate?

Because the sentence is talking about a specific record, not just any record.

• en vinylplate ligger på platespilleren would mean a vinyl record is lying on the record player
• vinylplaten ligger på platespilleren means the vinyl record is lying on the record player

So the definite form is used when the thing is already known or specific.

Why is the verb ligger used instead of er?