Breakdown of Klokken åtte går søsteren min inn i klasserommet.
i
in
min
my
gå inn
to go in
klokken
the clock
søsteren
the sister
åtte
eight
klasserommet
the classroom
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Questions & Answers about Klokken åtte går søsteren min inn i klasserommet.
Why doesn’t the sentence use a verb after Klokken åtte? In English we’d say “It is eight o’clock” before the main clause.
Klokken åtte here functions as a temporal adverbial meaning “at eight o’clock.” Norwegian doesn’t require a dummy subject plus er when you front a time expression. If you simply want to state the time, you say Klokka er åtte, but when you start a sentence with the time, Klokken åtte alone means “at eight o’clock.”
Why is the verb går coming before søsteren min instead of after?
When a sentence begins with an adverbial (here Klokken åtte), Norwegian requires inversion: the finite verb (går) must be in second position, so the subject (søsteren min) follows it.
Why is the present tense går used for what seems like a future event (“will enter”)?
In Norwegian, the present tense is often used for scheduled or timetabled future events. Saying Klokken åtte går søsteren min inn i klasserommet is perfectly normal to describe a planned action.
What’s the difference between min søster and søsteren min?
Both mean my sister, but:
• min søster uses the possessive pronoun before the noun, keeping it indefinite.
• søsteren min puts the noun in the definite form (suffix -en) with the possessive pronoun after.
In practice søsteren min feels more specific, though both are correct.
Why does klasserom get the ending -met as in klasserommet?
Norwegian marks definite nouns by adding a suffix. Klasserom is “classroom” (indefinite), klasserommet is “the classroom” (definite). Here we mean a specific classroom, so we use the definite form.
Why do we say går inn i klasserommet instead of går i klasserommet or går inn klasserommet?
inn is an adverb meaning “inward,” and i is the preposition “in.” To express “enter into the classroom” you need both: gå inn (go inwards) + i (into) + klasserommet. Dropping i would leave the location unlinked.
Could we use på instead of i before klasserommet, like in på skolen?
Enclosed spaces such as classrooms normally take i (“in”). You do say på skolen or på kontoret, but when focusing on going inside a particular room, it’s always i klasserommet.