Hun trekker hunden inn i huset.

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Breakdown of Hun trekker hunden inn i huset.

• hunden: the dog
• huset: the house
• i: in

Questions & Answers about Hun trekker hunden inn i huset.

What does the suffix -en in hunden indicate?

It marks the noun as definite (“the dog”). In Norwegian you normally add the definite article as a suffix on the noun. Since hund is a common-gender noun, the definite singular form is hunden.

Why is the suffix -et used in huset rather than -en?

Because hus is a neuter noun in Norwegian. Neuter nouns take -et as the definite article suffix, so et hus (a house) becomes huset (“the house”).

Why are there no separate words for “the” before hunden and huset?

Norwegian normally expresses definiteness by adding a suffix to the noun instead of using a separate article. So “the dog” is hunden, not the hund, and “the house” is huset, not the hus.

What role do inn and i play in inn i huset, and could I just say i huset?

inn is a directional adverb meaning “inwards/into.” i is the preposition “in.” Together inn i huset means “into the house.” If you only say i huset, it indicates location (“in the house”), not movement into it.