Hun drikker varm te om vinteren.

She drinks hot tea in winter.

Breakdown of Hun drikker varm te om vinteren.

• hun: she
• drikke: to drink
• om: in
• vinteren: the winter

Questions & Answers about Hun drikker varm te om vinteren.

What does drikker mean, and how do you form the present tense in Norwegian?

drikker is the present-tense form of the verb drikke (to drink). In Bokmål you usually form the present by taking the infinitive stem and adding -r:
• drikke → drikker
This applies to all persons (jeg drikker, du drikker, hun drikker).

Why is the adjective varm not inflected (why not varmt te or varme te)?

Norwegian adjectives change endings based on gender, number and definiteness of the noun:
• Common gender, indefinite, singular → no ending (en varm bil, ei varm kake)
• Neuter, indefinite, singular → -t (et varmt hus)
• Definite, any gender → -e (den varme kaken, det varme huset, de varme kakene)
Here te (tea) is a common-gender, indefinite, singular noun, so the adjective stays varm.

Why isn’t there an article before te? How would I say “a cup of tea”?

When you talk about tea in general (a mass noun), you omit the article. If you want one serving, you add a measure word:
• en kopp te – a cup of tea
• et glass vann – a glass of water
But just te means tea as a substance.

What does om vinteren mean, and why do you use om plus the definite form vinteren?