Kunden spør om leveringen kommer i dag.

to come

Breakdown of Kunden spør om leveringen kommer i dag.

• i dag: today
• spørre: to ask
• om: whether

Questions & Answers about Kunden spør om leveringen kommer i dag.

What does the word om mean here? Is it about or if/whether?

Here om means whether/if and introduces an indirect yes/no question.

• Indirect question (if/whether): Kunden spør om leveringen kommer i dag.
• About (topic): Kunden spør om leveringen. = The customer asks about the delivery.

Context tells you which meaning is intended. With om + clause, it’s usually whether/if; with om + noun, it’s often about.

Why is it om leveringen kommer and not om kommer leveringen?

After a subordinating conjunction like om, Norwegian uses normal subject–verb order (S–V), not inversion. So in an indirect question you say:

• … om leveringen kommer …

In a direct yes/no question, the verb comes before the subject (inversion):

• Kommer leveringen i dag?

Can I drop om and just say Kunden spør leveringen kommer i dag?

No. Norwegian needs the subordinator om (or the more formal hvorvidt) to introduce an indirect yes/no question. Without it, the sentence is ungrammatical.

Can I use hvis instead of om here?