Questions & Answers about De store byene er vakre.
What does De mean in this sentence?
Here, De is the definite plural article, equivalent to the in English (not the pronoun they).
Why is the adjective store not stor?
Adjectives in Norwegian change with number and definiteness. stor is singular indefinite; store is used for plural or definite nouns. Since byene is plural definite, the adjective takes -e.
Why is the noun byene spelled with -ene instead of -er?
byer is the indefinite plural of by (city), meaning cities. To make it definite plural (the cities), you add -ene, resulting in byene.
Why do we use both De and the suffix -ene on byene?
With an attributive adjective (like store) modifying a definite noun, Norwegian uses a preposed article (De for plural) plus the definite noun suffix (-ene). Together they mark the big cities.
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