Forbindelsen er dårlig i dag.

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Breakdown of Forbindelsen er dårlig i dag.

• i dag: today
• forbindelsen: the connection
• dårlig: bad

Questions & Answers about Forbindelsen er dårlig i dag.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the before forbindelsen?

Because Norwegian marks definiteness with a suffix rather than a separate article.

• forbindelse = “a connection” (indefinite)
• forbindelsen = “the connection” (definite)
  The -en ending on forbindelsen already means the.

How do you form the indefinite and definite forms of feminine nouns like forbindelse?

In Bokmål many feminine nouns follow this pattern:
• Indefinite singular: en forbindelse (“a connection”)
• Definite singular: forbindelsen (“the connection”)
Here en is the indefinite article and -en on the noun is the definite suffix.

Why is i dag written as two words and not one?

Modern standard Norwegian spells i dag (“today”) as two separate words.

• Older or dialectal texts sometimes used idag, but the official orthography requires i dag.

What is the word order in Forbindelsen er dårlig i dag, and why is dårlig after er?