Breakdown of Lunsjpausen gjør oss blide og mette.
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and
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us
gjøre
to make (to cause)
lunsjpausen
the lunch break
Questions & Answers about Lunsjpausen gjør oss blide og mette.
What does the -en ending on Lunsjpausen mean?
The suffix -en marks the definite singular, so Lunsjpausen means the lunch break. Norwegian often uses the definite form for generic, well-known things (here, the lunch break as a daily routine). Without the ending: en lunsjpause (a lunch break). For a generic plural you could say Lunsjpauser gjør oss … (Lunch breaks make us …).
Why is Lunsjpausen written as one word?
Norwegian strongly prefers compound nouns to be written together: lunsj + pause + -en → Lunsjpausen. Don’t write lunsj pausen.
What does gjør mean, and what tense is it?
gjør is the present tense of å gjøre (to do/make). It’s used here in the causative sense: gjøre + object + adjective = make someone/something be in a state.
- Principal forms: gjør (present), gjorde (past), gjort (past participle).
Why is it oss and not vi?