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Questions & Answers about Han vil se stasjonen i morgen.
What does han mean and how is it used here?
han means he. It’s the third person singular personal pronoun and, like in English, it appears before the finite verb in a main clause.
What does vil mean? Does it mean will like in English or want?
vil is the present tense of å ville meaning to want. Because Norwegian has no separate future tense, you also use vil to express future actions. So han vil se can be understood as both he wants to see and he will see, depending on context.
Why is se in the infinitive form and not conjugated?
After a modal verb like vil, the main verb stays in the infinitive without å. Hence you say han vil se, not han vil ser.
Why is stasjonen used instead of stasjon?
Norwegian marks definiteness by adding a suffix to the noun. stasjon means a station, while stasjonen means the station. Here you use the definite form because you’re referring to a specific station.
Can I write imorgen as one word instead of i morgen?
Standard Norwegian writes time expressions as two words: i morgen, i går, i dag. Writing imorgen is nonstandard and should be avoided.
How is the word order in this sentence determined, especially with i morgen at the end?
Norwegian follows the V2 rule: the finite verb must be in second position. In Han vil se stasjonen i morgen the order is Subject (han) – Finite Verb (vil) – Object Phrase (se stasjonen) – Time Adverbial (i morgen). You can also move i morgen to the front, but then you invert subject and verb.
How do you pronounce stasjonen?
stasjonen is pronounced approximately sta-SHOO-nen, with stress on the second syllable. The sj sounds like English sh, and the oo is like the u in food.
Could I also say i morgen vil han se stasjonen? Does it change the meaning?
Yes. Placing i morgen first is perfectly correct. You then invert subject and verb (→ i morgen vil han). The literal meaning stays the same, but fronting the time expression adds a bit of emphasis on tomorrow.