Barna liker dyret.

The children like the animal.

Breakdown of Barna liker dyret.

• barnet: the child
• like: to like
• dyret: the animal

Questions & Answers about Barna liker dyret.

What exactly does barna mean, and how is it related to barn?

Barn means child (or kid) in general.

It’s a neuter noun with these main forms:

• et barn = a child
• barn = children (indefinite plural) or child (indefinite singular in general statements)
• barnet = the child
• barna = the children

So barna literally means the children. It is barn + the definite plural ending -a.

Why is there no separate word for the in barna and dyret?

In Norwegian, the definite article (the) is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front, like in English.

• dyr = animal
• dyret = the animal (dyr
  • -et)
• barn = children
• barna = the children (barn
  • -a)

So in Barna liker dyret., the the part is “hidden inside” barna and dyret.

How do I say “a child,” “children,” “the children,” “an animal,” “animals,” and “the animals” in Norwegian?