Questions & Answers about Hun har vondt i pannen i dag.
Why is it har vondt and not something like er vondt or just vondt?
Norwegian uses the fixed expression å ha vondt i + body part to say that something hurts.
- Hun har vondt i pannen. = Her forehead hurts / She has pain in her forehead.
- Literally: She has pain in the forehead.
You do not say:
- ✗ Hun er vondt i pannen. (wrong – vondt is not used with er like this)
- ✗ Hun er vond i pannen. (would sound like she is “evil” in her forehead…)
You can also say:
- Det gjør vondt i pannen. = It hurts in (my/her) forehead.
But whenever you mention a body part directly, har vondt i is the standard idiom.
Why is there no “her” in i pannen? Why not i hennes panne?