Noen seere blir forvirret fordi reglene i programmet endres hele tiden.

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Breakdown of Noen seere blir forvirret fordi reglene i programmet endres hele tiden.

• fordi: because
• bli: to become
• programmet: the program

Questions & Answers about Noen seere blir forvirret fordi reglene i programmet endres hele tiden.

What is the difference between noen seere and noen av seerne?

Both can be translated as “some viewers”, but they are used slightly differently:

• noen seere = some viewers (in general)

  • You are not thinking of a specific, known group.
  • Example: Noen seere blir forvirret – Some viewers (in general) get confused.

• noen av seerne = some of the viewers

  • You are talking about a specific group that is already known or previously mentioned.
  • Example: Noen av seerne blir forvirret – Some of the viewers (of this particular show / in this specific situation) get confused.

So the original sentence is more general and not limited to a known, specific set of viewers.

Why is it seere and not seer or seerne?

The noun seer (viewer) has these common forms in Bokmål:

• Singular indefinite: en seer – a viewer
• Singular definite: seeren – the viewer
• Plural indefinite: seere – viewers
• Plural definite: seerne – the viewers

In the sentence, we have noen seere:

• noen requires an indefinite plural: “some viewers”
• So we must use seere (indefinite plural), not seer (singular) and not seerne (definite plural).