Bestefar liker å fortelle om barndommen.

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Breakdown of Bestefar liker å fortelle om barndommen.

• å: to
• like: to like
• bestefaren: the grandfather

Questions & Answers about Bestefar liker å fortelle om barndommen.

Why is there no min (“my”) after Bestefar? In English we say “my grandfather likes…”.

In Norwegian you often drop the possessive with close family members when it’s clear from context whose relative it is.

• Bestefar liker å fortelle om barndommen.
  = My / our grandfather likes to talk about his childhood.

You can add the possessive, but the form changes:

• Bestefaren min liker å fortelle om barndommen.
  Literally: The grandfather mine likes to talk about childhood.

So you have two natural options:

• Bestefar liker … (more informal, like using a name: “Grandpa likes …”)
• Bestefaren min liker … (more explicit: “My grandfather likes …”)

Both can mean “My grandfather likes to talk about his childhood” depending on context.

Why is Bestefar capitalized? Is it a name?