Roen kommer tilbake etter møtet.

The calm returns after the meeting.

Breakdown of Roen kommer tilbake etter møtet.

• møtet: the meeting
• etter: after
• roen: the calm
• komme tilbake: to return

Questions & Answers about Roen kommer tilbake etter møtet.

Is Roen a person’s name here? What does the ending -en mean?

No—here roen is the definite form of the noun ro (calm/quiet). Norwegian adds the definite article as a suffix, so ro → roen means the calm. It’s capitalized only because it starts the sentence; it’s not a proper name in this context.

Why is the attached to the noun in møtet instead of using a separate word?

Norwegian uses a postposed definite article:

• Neuter noun: et møte (a meeting) → møtet (the meeting).
• With an adjective you also add a fronted determiner (double definiteness): det lange møtet (the long meeting). For the indefinite version in your sentence, say etter et møte (after a meeting).

Why is the present tense kommer used even though it refers to the future?

Norwegian often uses the present tense for scheduled or expected future events when there’s a time expression: Roen kommer tilbake etter møtet can mean the calm will return after the meeting. You can add futurity if needed:

• Roen vil komme tilbake etter møtet (will/probably will).
• Roen kommer til å komme tilbake etter møtet (is going to). The plain present is the most natural here.

Is komme tilbake the only option? What about komme igjen, vender tilbake, or er tilbake?

• komme tilbake is the standard, neutral choice for return/come back.
• komme igjen can also mean come back/appear again, but it also means come again/recur and is an interjection (Kom igjen! = come on!), so context matters.
• vender tilbake is more literary/formal.
• returnere is formal/technical.
• To express the resulting state, use er tilbake: Etter møtet er roen tilbake (After the meeting, the calm is back).

Can I front the time phrase? What happens to word order?

Yes. If you front an adverbial, Norwegian keeps the verb in second position (V2):

• Etter møtet kommer roen tilbake. Fronting changes emphasis, not meaning.

How do I make a yes/no question from this sentence?

Invert subject and verb; no extra auxiliary is needed:

• Kommer roen tilbake etter møtet? Answers: Ja, det gjør den. / Nei, det gjør den ikke.

Where does the negation ikke go?

• In a main clause, after the finite verb: Roen kommer ikke tilbake etter møtet.
• With fronting: Etter møtet kommer roen ikke tilbake.
• In a subordinate clause, ikke precedes the verb: Jeg tror at roen ikke kommer tilbake etter møtet.

Where does tilbake go? Is it separable like in some Germanic languages?

tilbake is an adverb/particle that normally follows the verb: kommer tilbake. It stays with the verb even when you add other elements: Roen kommer ikke tilbake etter møtet. There is a compound verb tilbakekomme (present tilbakekommer), but in modern everyday Bokmål you almost always say komme tilbake.

Any quick pronunciation tips for the tricky sounds?

• ro/roen: long o, roughly “roo”; roen is two syllables, “ROO-en.”
• kommer: the o like British “not”; double m gives a longer m; roughly “KOM-mer.”
• tilbake: stress on the second syllable, “til-BAH-keh,” final e is a schwa.
• ø in møtet: like French eu in “peu,” rounded lips; the ending -et is often pronounced without a clear t in many dialects, so “MØ-te.” Dialects vary.

What are the genders and forms of the nouns here?

• ro (calm): common gender; mass noun. Indefinite: ro; definite: roen.
• møte (meeting): neuter. Forms: et møte (indef.), møtet (def. sg.), møter (pl.), møtene (def. pl.).

When do I use etter versus etter at?

• Use etter before a noun or noun phrase: etter møtet (after the meeting).
• Use etter at before a clause: etter at møtet er over (after the meeting is over). For a bare adverb meaning afterwards, use etterpå: Roen kommer tilbake etterpå.

How would this look in Nynorsk?

In Nynorsk you’d typically write: Roa kjem tilbake etter møtet.
Changes: roen → roa, kommer → kjem.