Han sjekker resultatet på telefonen.

He checks the result on the phone.

Breakdown of Han sjekker resultatet på telefonen.

• han: he
• på: on
• sjekke: to check
• telefonen: the phone

Questions & Answers about Han sjekker resultatet på telefonen.

Why does telefonen have no separate article like “the”?

In Norwegian Bokmål, the definite article is usually a suffix attached to the noun. So telefon (“a phone”) + -en = telefonen (“the phone”). You won’t see a separate word for the before a singular common noun.

What does the -et at the end of resultatet signify?

Resultat is a neuter noun. To make it definite in the singular you add -et: resultatet = “the result.” Common (masculine/feminine) nouns take -en or -a, neuter nouns take -et or -a depending on dialect and style.

Why is there no possessive pronoun (“his”) before telefonen?

When it’s clear from context who owns the phone, Norwegian often drops the possessive. Here Han sjekker resultatet på telefonen is understood as “He checks the result on his phone.” If you need to specify, you can say på telefonen hans (“on his phone”) or på sin telefon (using the reflexive sin because the subject and possessor are the same).

How is the verb sjekker formed and conjugated in the present tense?