Breakdown of Læreren forklarer verdien av stemmerett i samfunnsfagtimen.
i
in
av
of
forklare
to explain
læreren
the teacher
Questions & Answers about Læreren forklarer verdien av stemmerett i samfunnsfagtimen.
Why is it Læreren (the teacher) and not just Lærer (teacher) at the start of the sentence?
Norwegian normally uses the definite form for a specific, known person or thing, even as the subject of the sentence.
- en lærer = a teacher (indefinite, not a specific one)
- læreren = the teacher (definite, a specific one you and the listener know about)
In this sentence, we are talking about a particular teacher in a particular class, so Norwegian naturally uses Læreren.
If you said En lærer forklarer verdien av stemmerett …, it would sound more like:
- A teacher (some teacher, not a specific one) explains the value of the right to vote …
What tense is forklarer, and why isn’t a form like er i ferd med å forklare used for “is explaining”?