Questions & Answers about Søndagen er rolig.
In predicative position (after a verb like er), Norwegian adjectives remain in their base form. Inflection only happens when an adjective is attributive (directly before a noun):
- Attributive indefinite: en rolig dag (“a calm day”)
- Attributive definite: den rolige dagen (“the calm day”) But in Søndagen er rolig, rolig is predicative, so no ending.
Use the preposition på for “on” with days of the week:
• På søndag er det rolig.
Here det is the dummy subject (“it’s calm on Sunday”), and you’re talking about “Sunday” as a time expression, not as the subject noun søndagen.
Both mean “quiet/calm,” but:
• rolig emphasizes a peaceful, relaxed atmosphere.
• stille emphasizes absence of noise or sound.
So Søndagen er stille suggests it’s very quiet, whereas rolig suggests a relaxed vibe.
Norwegian main clauses are V2 (verb-second), meaning the finite verb stays in the second slot. Here the subject (Søndagen) is first, so the verb (er) comes second, then the adjective (rolig) as the complement. If you began with an adverbial (e.g., Om søndagen), you’d still keep the verb second:
• Om søndagen er det rolig.