Redaktøren leser avisen.

to read

Breakdown of Redaktøren leser avisen.

• avisen: the newspaper
• redaktøren: the editor

Questions & Answers about Redaktøren leser avisen.

Why does Redaktøren end with -en?

The -en is the definite article in Norwegian for common-gender singular nouns. Instead of placing the before a noun (as in English), Norwegian often attaches it:
• redaktør = “an editor”
• redaktøren = “the editor”

Why is avisen also ending with -en?

Just like Redaktøren, avisen is the definite form of the noun avis. You get:
• avis = “a newspaper”
• avisen = “the newspaper”

What are the indefinite forms of Redaktøren and avisen?

Both are common-gender nouns, so they use en as the indefinite article placed before the noun:
• en redaktør = “an editor”
• en avis = “a newspaper”

Why is there no preposition before avisen to mark it as the object?

Norwegian transitive verbs like lese (to read) take a direct object without a preposition. So you simply say leser avisen (“reads the newspaper”), parallel to English “reads the newspaper.”