Søsteren min hjelper henne på kjøkkenet.

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Breakdown of Søsteren min hjelper henne på kjøkkenet.

• hjelpe: to help
• kjøkkenet: the kitchen
• på: in

Questions & Answers about Søsteren min hjelper henne på kjøkkenet.

Why is søsteren min used instead of min søster or just søster min?

In Norwegian you have two ways to say “my sister” with a possessive pronoun:

• Before the noun:
min søster
(noun in indefinite form + possessive)

• After the noun:
søsteren min
(noun in definite form + possessive)

You cannot say søster min because when the pronoun follows the noun, the noun must carry the definite ending -en.
Both min søster and søsteren min mean the same, but many speakers find “søsteren min” more colloquial and “min søster” a bit more neutral or bookish.

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What role does henne play in the sentence, and why isn’t it hun?

henne is the object (accusative) form of the third-person singular feminine pronoun. It functions as the direct object of hjelper (“helps”).
• Subject form: hun (“she”)
• Object form: henne (“her”)

Example:
Hun hjelper henne.
(She helps her.)

You can’t use hun here because that would be a subject pronoun in object position.

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Why is på kjøkkenet used to mean “in the kitchen,” and what does the -et ending indicate? Could you say i kjøkkenet instead?