Etter frokost går vi til lekeplassen i nabolaget.

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Breakdown of Etter frokost går vi til lekeplassen i nabolaget.

• gå: to go
• til: to
• i: in

Questions & Answers about Etter frokost går vi til lekeplassen i nabolaget.

Why is it Etter frokost and not Etter frokosten?

In Norwegian, meals are usually used without an article when you talk about them in a general, everyday sense:

• etter frokost = after (the) breakfast (today / in general)
• til middag = for dinner
• før lunsj = before lunch

So etter frokost is the natural idiomatic way to say “after breakfast”.

You can say etter frokosten, but that sounds more specific, like “after that particular breakfast” that both speakers know about. In most everyday sentences, learners should use the bare form (frokost) for meals.

Why is går in the present tense if in English we say “we go” or “we are going” (often about the future)?

Norwegian present tense (går) covers:

1. Right now / current action

   • Vi går til lekeplassen nå. = We’re walking to the playground now.

2. Regular / habitual action

   • Etter frokost går vi til lekeplassen. = After breakfast we (normally) go to the playground.

3. Planned future (with a time expression)

   • I morgen går vi til lekeplassen. = Tomorrow we’re going to the playground.

So går here is a present tense with a habitual meaning, very similar to English “we go” in “After breakfast we go to the playground.” Norwegian doesn’t use a separate “-ing” form the way English does.