Word
Noen lyttere sender også e-post til oss etter programmet.
Meaning
Some listeners also send us emails after the program.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Noen lyttere sender også e-post til oss etter programmet.
What does “Noen lyttere” literally mean, and why is it not “noe lyttere”?
Noen means “some” when it refers to countable plural nouns (people, things you can count):
- noen lyttere = some listeners
- noen bøker = some books
Noe is used for mass/uncountable nouns or when the noun is not expressed:
- noe melk = some milk
- Vil du ha noe? = Do you want something?
Since “lyttere” are individual people and the noun is plural, noen is the correct choice, not noe.
Why is it “lyttere” and not “lytteren” or just “lytter”?
The base noun is en lytter (a listener).
Here are the main forms:
- Singular indefinite: en lytter = a listener
- Singular definite: lytteren = the listener
- Plural indefinite: lyttere = listeners
- Plural definite: lytterne = the listeners
In “Noen lyttere”, we’re talking about some listeners in general, not specific listeners that both speaker and listener already know. So we need the indefinite plural form: lyttere, without the article and without the definite ending -en / -ne.
Why is the verb “sender” and not “senderen” or just “sende”?