Jeg nyter konserten.

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Breakdown of Jeg nyter konserten.

• konserten: the concert
• nyte: to enjoy

Questions & Answers about Jeg nyter konserten.

What part of speech is nyter, and how is it conjugated in the present tense?

nyter is the present‐tense form of the verb nyte (to enjoy, to savor). In Norwegian Bokmål it’s conjugated the same for all persons in the present tense:
• infinitive: nyte
• present: nyter (jeg nyter, du nyter, han/hun nyter, vi nyter, dere nyter, de nyter)
• past: nøt
• supine: nytt

Why is the object konserten in the definite form, and why isn’t there an article like “en”?

Norwegian marks definiteness by suffix, not by a separate word like “the.”
• The indefinite singular of konsert is en konsert (“a concert”).
• To make it definite (“the concert”), you add -en to the noun: konsert → konserten.
That’s why you say Jeg nyter konserten. instead of Jeg nyter en konserten.

Why isn’t there a preposition before konserten? In English we often say “enjoy the concert.”

In Norwegian, nyte is a transitive verb that takes a direct object without any preposition. You simply say nyte + object.
Examples:
• Jeg nyter solen. (I enjoy the sun.)
• Hun nyter maten. (She’s enjoying the food.)

Can this sentence be translated as “I am enjoying the concert”? Does Norwegian have a continuous tense?