Word
Bensinstasjonen selger også kaffe til sjåførene.
Meaning
The gas station also sells coffee to the drivers.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Bensinstasjonen selger også kaffe til sjåførene.
til
to
kaffen
the coffee
selge
to sell
også
also
Questions & Answers about Bensinstasjonen selger også kaffe til sjåførene.
What is bensinstasjonen, and why is it one word with an -en ending?
bensinstasjonen is the definite singular form of the compound noun bensinstasjon (“gas station”). It’s built from bensin (“gasoline”) + stasjon (“station”), and the suffix -en marks definiteness. In Norwegian you attach the article to the noun rather than use a separate word the.
Why is there no article before kaffe?
Here kaffe (“coffee”) is an uncountable (mass) noun used in a general sense. Norwegian omits the indefinite article with mass nouns when speaking about them broadly. If you want to say “a coffee” (meaning a cup of coffee), you’d use en kaffe.
What is the role of også, and why is it placed after the verb selger?
også is an adverb meaning also or too. In a positive main clause, Norwegian typically places adverbs right after the finite verb. Hence Bensinstasjonen selger også kaffe…. You can move også for emphasis (e.g. Bensinstasjonen selger kaffe til sjåførene også – “… also to the drivers”).
Why do we use til sjåførene, and could we replace that with a pronoun?