Breakdown of Hun skriver en kort kommentar på skjemaet.
hun
she
en
a
skrive
to write
kort
short
på
on
skjemaet
the form
kommentaren
the comment
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Questions & Answers about Hun skriver en kort kommentar på skjemaet.
What tense is skriver, and does it change form when the subject is hun?
skriver is the present tense of the verb skrive (to write). In Norwegian Bokmål, the present tense form is identical for all persons (jeg skriver, du skriver, hun skriver, vi skriver, etc.), so it does not get a special ending for third person singular.
Why isn’t the adjective kort inflected in en kort kommentar?
In Bokmål, when an adjective modifies an indefinite singular common‐gender noun (here kommentar is common gender), the adjective remains uninflected. Adjectives only take endings in definite forms (–e) or with neuter nouns (–t) in the indefinite singular.
Why is there an indefinite article en before kort kommentar, but no article before skjemaet?
en marks kommentar as indefinite singular (“a comment”). skjemaet has the definite ending –et (“the form”), so it doesn’t need a separate article. Indefinite + noun = en kommentar; definite noun = skjemaet.
What is the function of på, and why is it used here instead of another preposition?
på is a preposition meaning “on.” In this context, skriver … på skjemaet literally means “writes on the form.” You use på for writing on a surface. Using i (“in”) would suggest writing inside or within something thick or hollow, which isn’t the case here.
Why is skjemaet spelled with the ending -et?
skjema is a neuter noun in Bokmål. The definite singular of neuter nouns is formed by adding -et to the stem, so skjema → skjemaet (“the form”).
How do you change the sentence into past tense?
Replace skriver (present) with the simple past skrev. The rest stays the same:
Hun skrev en kort kommentar på skjemaet.
How do you form a yes/no question from this sentence?
Invert the subject and verb. The question becomes:
Skriver hun en kort kommentar på skjemaet?
How would you make kommentar plural, and what happens to the adjective kort?
The indefinite plural of kommentar is kommentarer. Adjectives before indefinite plural nouns take an -e ending, so kort → korte. The sentence becomes:
Hun skriver korte kommentarer på skjemaet.