Questions & Answers about Tabellen har tre kolonner og fire rader med ulike verb.
Why is it Tabellen and not just Tabell?
Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.
- tabell = a table (indefinite singular)
- tabellen = the table (definite singular)
So Tabellen har … literally means The table has …. The capital T is only because it’s the first word of the sentence; Norwegian does not normally capitalize all nouns like German does.
Why is the verb har used here and not er?
har means has / have, while er means is / are.
In this sentence we are talking about what the table possesses:
- Tabellen har tre kolonner = The table has three columns.
If you used er, you would say something like:
- Tabellen er stor = The table is big.
So use har for ownership/contents, and er for descriptions.
Why are there no words like a or the before tre kolonner and fire rader?