Breakdown of Banken forklarer økonomien vår med en enkel graf.
Questions & Answers about Banken forklarer økonomien vår med en enkel graf.
Norwegian marks the definite singular by adding a suffix to the noun. økonomi is a common-gender noun (en-word).
- Indefinite: en økonomi (an economy)
- Definite: økonomien (the economy)
So økonomien literally means the economy.
In Norwegian you can put the possessive either before or after the noun:
- Post-nominal (very common): økonomien vår (the economy of ours)
- Pre-nominal: vår økonomi (our economy)
Both are correct. The post-nominal form often sounds more natural in everyday speech, while pre-nominal can feel slightly more formal.
Adjectives agree with the gender and number of their noun in Norwegian:
- Common gender singular (en-word): base form enkel → en enkel graf
- Neuter singular (et-word): add -t, e.g., et enkelt hus
- Plural: add -e, e.g., enkle spørsmål
Since graf is a singular common-gender noun, you use enkel.
Yes, Norwegian has flexible word order, but keeping the verb and its direct object together is more natural.
- Preferred: Banken forklarer økonomien vår med en enkel graf
- Possible but less common: Banken forklarer med en enkel graf økonomien vår
You replace the definite noun banken with the indefinite en bank:
En bank forklarer økonomien vår med en enkel graf
Now it refers to any bank rather than a specific one.
Make both the adjective and the noun definite:
med den enkle grafen
Here den is the definite article for a common-gender singular noun, enkel takes an -e in the definite form, and graf gets the suffix -en.