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What does each word in the sentence "Vi har vår bil" mean?
• Vi means we.
• Har means have.
• Vår means our.
• Bil means car.
Why is there no article (like “the”) before bil even though we’re referring to a specific car?
In Norwegian, using a possessive adjective such as vår automatically marks the noun as definite. That means there is no need to add a separate definite article—vår bil already conveys the idea of “our car” without an extra “the.”
Why is the form vår used instead of vårt in this sentence?
The choice between vår and vårt depends on the gender of the noun. In Norwegian, bil is a common gender noun (it takes the indefinite article en as in en bil), so the appropriate possessive form is vår. For a neuter noun—one that would use et—you would use vårt (for example, vårt hus for “our house”).
How does the word order in "Vi har vår bil" compare to English sentences?