Word
Han skriver anonymt på nettet.
Meaning
He writes anonymously on the internet.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Han skriver anonymt på nettet.
Why is it anonymt and not anonym?
In Norwegian, adjectives that describe how someone does something (i.e. adverbs) often take the -t ending in the neuter form.
- anonym = anonymous (adjective, describing a noun)
- en anonym mann = an anonymous man
- anonymt = anonymously (adverb, describing a verb)
- Han skriver anonymt = He writes anonymously
Here, anonymt describes how he writes, so the neuter/adverb form with -t is used.
Why do we say på nettet instead of just nett or nettet on its own?
nett means net, and nettet literally means the net. In this context, nettet refers to the internet.
The preposition på (“on”) is typically used with nett in this meaning:
- på nettet = on the internet / online
Just saying nettet without på would sound incomplete here, because in Norwegian you normally need the preposition for this expression of “on the internet.”
Is på nettet the same as på internett?