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Questions & Answers about Han har en katt.
Why is Han the subject pronoun here instead of something like Han or Ham?
In Norwegian, Han is the subject pronoun meaning he. If you wanted to say him, you would use ham. So whenever the sentence needs he (subject form), you use han.
What role does har play in the sentence?
Har is the present tense form of the verb å ha, meaning to have. In English you might say he has, but in Norwegian the form remains har for jeg har (I have), du har (you have), and han har (he has).
Why is en used before katt?
In Norwegian, nouns take a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter. For masculine words like katt, you use en as the indefinite article. So en katt is a cat.
Does word order matter in Han har en katt?
Yes. Norwegian typically follows a Subject–Verb–Object pattern. So you start with the subject Han, followed by the verb har, and then the object en katt. This is the most straightforward way to form a simple statement.