Jeg ser en venn i hagen.

I see a friend in the garden.

Breakdown of Jeg ser en venn i hagen.

• jeg: I
• se: to see
• i: in
• vennen: the friend

Questions & Answers about Jeg ser en venn i hagen.

Why is it “en venn” and not “et venn” or something else?

Norwegian nouns have grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.

• venn (friend) is a masculine noun.
• The indefinite article for masculine is en.
• So: en venn = a friend.

For comparison:

• et hus (neuter) = a house
• ei bok (feminine) = a book (in Bokmål you can also say en bok, but ei is clearly feminine.)

So it must be en venn, not et venn.

Why is it “hagen” and not “en hage” like “en venn”?