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Questions & Answers about Hun sorterer bøker.
What does the pronoun Hun mean in this sentence and how is it used?
Hun is the third-person singular feminine pronoun in Norwegian, equivalent to English she. You use hun whenever you talk about one female person performing an action. Except at the beginning of a sentence, pronouns in Norwegian are not capitalized (so you’d write hun in the middle of a sentence, but Hun after a period).
Why doesn’t the verb sorterer change form for different subjects?
Norwegian verbs do not conjugate differently for person or number in the present tense. All subjects use the same form:
• jeg sorterer (I sort)
• du sorterer (you sort)
• han/hun sorterer (he/she sorts)
• vi sorterer (we sort)
• dere sorterer (you all sort)
• de sorterer (they sort)
The ending -er simply marks the present tense.
What is the function of the -er ending in sorterer?
The -er ending is the standard present-tense marker for all Norwegian verbs (in both Bokmål and Nynorsk). It tells you that the action is happening now or is habitual, similar to the English -s in he sorts or simply sort in they sort.
Why is there no article before bøker, and what form is bøker?