Questions & Answers about Vårt hus er større enn deres hus.
What is the difference between vårt, vår, and våre?
They are all forms of our, but they agree with the noun:
- vårt – used with neuter singular nouns
- vårt hus (our house) – hus is neuter.
- vår – used with masculine and feminine singular nouns
- vår bil (our car) – bil is masculine.
- våre – used with plural nouns (all genders)
- våre hus (our houses)
- våre biler (our cars)
In the sentence, hus is neuter singular, so you must use vårt.
Why is there no article like et in vårt hus?
In Norwegian, when a possessive pronoun comes before the noun, you normally do not use an article:
- et hus (a house)
- vårt hus (our house) – not et vårt hus
If you put the possessive after the noun, you use the definite form instead:
- huset vårt (our house)
So:
- vårt hus = our house (indefinite, possessive first)
- huset vårt = our house (definite, possessive last)
Both are correct, but huset vårt is more common in everyday speech.
Why is hus the same in singular and plural? How do its forms work?