Vi har jobbmøte i dag.

In Norwegian, ha is often used the same way English uses have for scheduled events:

• Vi har møte = We have a meeting
• Jeg har time hos legen = I have a doctor’s appointment
• De har fest i kveld = They have a party tonight

So Vi har jobbmøte i dag is the normal way to say that a work meeting is on the schedule today.

Using er would change the meaning. Vi er i møte means we are in a meeting, not we have a meeting.

After ha, Norwegian often drops the article when talking about activities, appointments, events, or general situations.

So these are very natural:

• Vi har møte i dag
• Hun har prøve i morgen
• Jeg har trening senere

That is why Vi har jobbmøte i dag sounds natural.

You can say Vi har et jobbmøte i dag, but that usually feels a little more specific or emphasized, as if you are pointing out one particular meeting.

So:

• Vi har jobbmøte i dag = neutral, natural
• Vi har et jobbmøte i dag = also possible, but slightly more specific

Jobbmøte is a compound noun:

• jobb = work / job
• møte = meeting

So jobbmøte literally means work-meeting, or more naturally work meeting.

This is very common in Norwegian: nouns are often joined into one word rather than written separately.

Other examples:

• skolebok = school book
• sommerferie = summer holiday
• bordlampe = table lamp

So writing jobb møte as two words would normally be wrong.

The main part of the compound is møte, and that noun is neuter. Because of that, jobbmøte is also neuter.

So you get:

• et jobbmøte = a work meeting
• jobbmøtet = the work meeting
• jobbmøter = work meetings
• jobbmøtene = the work meetings

In compounds, the last part usually decides the gender and inflection.

I dag means today, and here it works as a time expression.

In Norwegian, time expressions often come later in the sentence:

• Vi har jobbmøte i dag
• Jeg jobber i morgen
• Hun kommer senere

But you can also move i dag to the front for emphasis:

• I dag har vi jobbmøte

When you do that, Norwegian follows the V2 rule, so the verb must still stay in second position:

• I dag har vi jobbmøte
• not I dag vi har jobbmøte

Yes, absolutely.

Both are correct:

• Vi har jobbmøte i dag
• I dag har vi jobbmøte

The difference is mainly emphasis:

• Vi har jobbmøte i dag = neutral statement
• I dag har vi jobbmøte = puts more focus on today

This fronting of time expressions is very common in Norwegian.

Norwegian often uses the present tense for things that are scheduled or planned, just like English does.

Compare:

• We have a meeting today
• Vi har jobbmøte i dag

Even if the meeting has not started yet, the present tense is normal because it refers to a planned event on today’s schedule.

If you want to emphasize the future aspect more strongly, you could also say:

• Vi skal ha jobbmøte i dag

That sounds more like we are going to have a work meeting today.

Jobbmøte is understandable and natural in many contexts, especially in everyday speech.

But Norwegian also has other options, depending on nuance:

• møte på jobben = meeting at work
• arbeidsmøte = work meeting / working meeting
• simply møte = meeting

In many real situations, Norwegians would just say:

• Vi har møte i dag

because the work context is already obvious.

So jobbmøte is fine, but sometimes it may sound a little more explicit than necessary.

The double b does not mean you pronounce two separate b sounds. It mainly shows that the vowel before it is short.

So jobb has a short o sound, and then it connects to møte.

Very roughly for an English speaker:

• jobb sounds a bit like yobb
• møte starts with a sound similar to muh with rounded lips, though the Norwegian vowel is not exactly the same as English

When combined, it flows as one word: jobbmøte.

The important learner point is that it is pronounced as one compound noun, not as two separate words.

Yes. In many contexts, English distinguishes between:

• we have a work meeting today
• we are having a work meeting today

Norwegian often does not make that distinction in the same way. Vi har jobbmøte i dag can cover both ideas, depending on context.

If needed, the surrounding conversation makes the meaning clear:

• schedule/planning sense: We have a work meeting today
• arranged-event sense: We’re having a work meeting today

So the Norwegian sentence is flexible and natural for both.

You would normally put ikke after the verb:

• Vi har ikke jobbmøte i dag = We don’t have a work meeting today

If you front i dag, the verb still comes second, and ikke stays after the verb:

• I dag har vi ikke jobbmøte

This is a useful pattern to remember:

• Vi har ikke ...
• I dag har vi ikke ...