Kommunen tilbyr norskkurs for innvandrere for å støtte integrering.

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Breakdown of Kommunen tilbyr norskkurs for innvandrere for å støtte integrering.

• for å: in order to
• tilby: to offer
• kommunen: the municipality

Questions & Answers about Kommunen tilbyr norskkurs for innvandrere for å støtte integrering.

What does Kommunen mean here, and why does it end in -en?

Kommunen is the municipality.

In Norwegian, the definite article (the) is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word:

• en kommune = a municipality
• kommunen = the municipality

So Kommunen tilbyr … literally is The municipality offers ….

Norwegian often uses a definite noun like this to talk about a specific public body that is understood from context (the local municipality where you live), so using the definite form here is natural.

What gender is kommune, and how does that affect kommunen?

Kommune is grammatically masculine (and in many dialects it can also behave as feminine, but masculine is standard).

Masculine pattern:

• en kommune – a municipality
• kommunen – the municipality
• kommuner – municipalities
• kommunene – the municipalities

In the sentence you see kommunen (definite singular), because we’re talking about one specific municipality.

Why is norskkurs written as one word and not norsk kurs?