Foreldrene krangler ikke, de snakker rolig sammen.

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Breakdown of Foreldrene krangler ikke, de snakker rolig sammen.

• de: they
• sammen: together
• ikke: not

Questions & Answers about Foreldrene krangler ikke, de snakker rolig sammen.

Why is it Foreldrene and not just Foreldre?

Foreldre means parents in general (indefinite plural).
Foreldrene means the parents (definite plural).

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added as an ending:

• en forelder – a parent (singular, indefinite)
• foreldre – parents (plural, indefinite)
• foreldrene – the parents (plural, definite)

Here, we are talking about specific parents, so the definite form foreldrene is used instead of a separate word for the.

Why is there no separate word for the, like in English?

Norwegian usually marks definiteness with an ending on the noun instead of a separate article:

• bok – book
• boken / boka – the book
• hus – house
• huset – the house
• foreldre – parents
• foreldrene – the parents

So where English uses the parents, Norwegian typically uses foreldrene, not de foreldre. (There are some special cases with a separate article, but this is the normal pattern.)

What are the basic forms of krangler and snakker?