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Hverken dårlig lyd eller tykk tåke kan ødelegge gleden vår.

Hverken dårlig lyd eller tykk tåke kan ødelegge gleden vår.
Neither bad sound nor thick fog can ruin our joy.
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Questions & Answers about Hverken dårlig lyd eller tykk tåke kan ødelegge gleden vår.

What does hverken … eller mean?
It’s equivalent to neither … nor. You put hverken before the first thing you want to rule out and eller before the second.
How does hverken affect word order in this sentence?
Norwegian follows V2 order: the finite verb must be second. When hverken starts the sentence, it takes the first slot, the subject follows, and then the verb appears.
Why is there no indefinite article en/ei before dårlig lyd and tykk tåke?
In generic statements and with mass nouns, Norwegian often drops the indefinite article. In negative pairs like hverken … eller, omitting en/ei gives a general sense of bad sound or thick fog.
Why is it tykk tåke and not tykt tåke?
Tåke is a common-gender noun, so its indefinite singular adjective takes no -t. A neuter noun would require -t on the adjective.
Why does kan take the bare infinitive ødelegge without å?
Modal verbs such as kan, vil and skal are followed by a bare infinitive in Norwegian, so you drop å in constructions like kan ødelegge.
Why is gleden definite, and why does vår come after it?
The ending -en marks glede as definite. In Norwegian, a definite noun plus a possessive pronoun is ordered noun-then-pronoun, giving gleden vår.
Could I say vår glede instead of gleden vår?
Yes. Vår glede is grammatically correct but feels more indefinite. Gleden vår emphasizes a specific, shared joy.
Is tett tåke also possible instead of tykk tåke?
Yes. tett tåke means dense fog and is very common; tykk tåke is also acceptable.