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Breakdown of Gitaren er liten, men veldig kul.
være
to be
liten
small
veldig
very
men
but
gitaren
the guitar
kul
cool
Questions & Answers about Gitaren er liten, men veldig kul.
Why is it gitaren instead of en gitar?
In Norwegian, nouns can be made definite by adding an ending. For example, gitar (guitar) + -en becomes gitaren, meaning the guitar. So gitaren makes it clear we’re talking about a specific guitar, rather than just any guitar.
What does liten mean, and why is it placed after er?
Liten means small. You’ll typically see descriptive words like liten (an adjective) following the verb er, so the sentence pattern is [Subject] + er + [adjective]. In this case, gitaren er liten translates directly to the guitar is small.
Why is men used here?
Men is the Norwegian word for but, used to connect two contrasting ideas. Here, it contrasts that the guitar is small (liten) with the fact that it’s cool (kul).
How is veldig kul translated and used?
Veldig kul literally means very cool. Veldig intensifies the adjective kul. You can place veldig right before adjectives to emphasize them: veldig spennende (very exciting), veldig morsomt (very fun), etc.
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