Questions & Answers about Han leser e-post hele tiden.
What does leser mean in this sentence, and why doesn’t it change form for han?
- leser is the present tense of å lese (to read).
- It translates as “reads” or “is reading.”
- Norwegian verbs don’t conjugate for person. You use leser for jeg, du, han, hun, vi, dere and de alike.
- The simple present in Norwegian covers both the English simple present and progressive, so Han leser e-post can mean “He reads email (as a habit)” or “He is reading email (right now).”
Why is there no article before e-post, and how would I say an email in Norwegian?
- Here e-post acts as a mass noun: it refers to email in general, so no article is needed.
- To refer to one message, you say en e-post (an email).
- For two emails, you say to e-poster.
How do you form the definite singular and plural of e-post?