Word
Pianisten drikker kaffe før konserten.
Meaning
The pianist drinks coffee before the concert.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Pianisten drikker kaffe før konserten.
drikke
to drink
før
before
kaffen
the coffee
konserten
the concert
Questions & Answers about Pianisten drikker kaffe før konserten.
Why is only Pianisten capitalized and not kaffe or konserten?
In Norwegian, only the first word of a sentence and proper names are capitalized. Common nouns like kaffe and konsert stay lowercase, so Pianisten is capitalized simply because it begins the sentence.
What does Pianisten mean, and how is the definite singular formed in Norwegian?
Pianisten is the definite singular form of pianist, so it means the pianist. In Bokmål you form the definite by adding -en to a common-gender noun: en pianist (a pianist) → pianisten (the pianist).
How is the verb drikker conjugated, and what is its infinitive form?
Drikker is the present-tense form of å drikke (to drink). Norwegian present tense is typically built by adding -r to the infinitive:
– infinitive: drikke
– present: drikker
– past: drakk
– perfect: har drukket
Why is there no article before kaffe, and when would you use en kaffe?