Denne samtalen er morsommere enn møtet.

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Breakdown of Denne samtalen er morsommere enn møtet.

• møtet: the meeting
• denne: this
• enn: than

Questions & Answers about Denne samtalen er morsommere enn møtet.

Why is it denne and not dette or den?

Norwegian has three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. The demonstratives agree with the noun’s gender:

• denne – for masculine and feminine singular nouns
• dette – for neuter singular nouns
• disse – for all plural nouns

Samtale is masculine (en samtale), so you use denne:

• denne samtalen – this conversation (masc.)
• dette møtet – this meeting (neuter: et møte → møtet)

Den is another demonstrative, but it’s mainly used in other positions (often with adjectives: den morsomme samtalen, that/the funny conversation) or for “that” rather than “this”. In standard Bokmål, denne is the normal way to say this before a masculine noun like samtale.

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Why is it samtalen and not just samtale after denne?