I dag kommer få folk til møtet.

Few people are coming to the meeting today.

Breakdown of I dag kommer få folk til møtet.

• komme: to come
• i dag: today
• til: to
• møtet: the meeting

Questions & Answers about I dag kommer få folk til møtet.

Why is the verb kommer placed before få folk in I dag kommer få folk til møtet?

Norwegian is a V2 language (verb-second), much like German.

• The finite verb (here kommer) must be in second position in a main clause.
• When you move something to the front for emphasis, like I dag (today), the subject has to move after the verb.

So the structure is:

• I dag (fronted time expression)
• kommer (finite verb – must be in 2nd place)
• få folk (subject)
• til møtet (the rest of the sentence)

If you started with the subject instead, you would get:

• Få folk kommer til møtet i dag.

Here, få folk is in first position, so the verb can come right after it and V2 is still respected.

Can I also say Få folk kommer til møtet i dag? Is there any difference?