Questions & Answers about Bilen er blå.
What is the function of -en in bilen?
How would you say a car instead of the car?
Use the indefinite article en before the noun:
en bil = “a car.”
What gender is bil, and why does it matter for the article?
In Bokmål, bil is a common-gender noun (often called masculine). That means:
• Indefinite singular: en bil (“a car”)
• Definite singular: bil + en → bilen (“the car”)
Why doesn’t blå have an ending like blått or blåe in bilen er blå?
How would you turn Bilen er blå into a yes/no question?
Invert the verb and subject:
Er bilen blå? = “Is the car blue?”
How do you refer back to bilen with “it”?
Use the common-gender pronoun den. For example:
Bilen er blå. Den er nyvasket.
= “The car is blue. It is freshly washed.”
How can you say “my car is blue”?
Attach the possessive after the noun in its definite form:
bilen min er blå = “my car is blue.”
How would you say “the cars are blue” (plural)?
Definite plural of bil is bilene, so:
Bilene er blå. = “The cars are blue.”
(General statement “Cars are blue” would be Biler er blå.)
How is blå pronounced in Norwegian?
How do you say “the blue car” with the adjective before the noun?
Use the demonstrative den + adjective + definite noun suffix:
den blå bilen = “the blue car.”
(Note: attributive adjectives in a definite phrase normally take -e, but blå is one of the few adjectives that stays the same here.)
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