Questions & Answers about Han har billett til toget.
What does Han mean in the sentence?
Han is the subject pronoun meaning "he". It’s used to refer to a male individual and directly corresponds to the English word "he".
What does the verb har indicate here?
Har is the present tense of the verb å ha, which means "to have". In this sentence, it shows possession, much like "has" in English.
Why is there no indefinite article before billett? Shouldn’t it be "en billett"?
Although billett is a countable noun and one might expect "en billett" (a ticket), it is common in everyday Norwegian to omit the indefinite article in expressions like these. Both "Han har billett til toget" and "Han har en billett til toget" are generally understood to mean that he has a ticket.
What does the word toget represent, and why does it have the ending -et?
Toget is the definite form of the noun tog (train). In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached as a suffix—here -et—to the noun, so toget means "the train".
How does the preposition til function in this sentence?