Questions & Answers about Økonomien vår er stram nå.
What does økonomien vår literally mean, and why is vår at the end?
Literally, økonomien vår means “the economy of us / our economy” or more naturally in this context, “our finances”.
In Norwegian, there are two main ways to place possessive pronouns (like vår = our):
After the noun in definite form (very common and neutral):
- økonomien vår = our economy / our finances
Here økonomi is in the definite form økonomien (“the economy”), and then vår follows.
- økonomien vår = our economy / our finances
Before the noun in indefinite form (often more formal or emphatic):
- vår økonomi = our economy
So økonomien vår is the normal, everyday way of saying “our finances/economy” in this kind of sentence.
Why is it økonomien and not just økonomi?