Søknaden min er godkjent nå.

to be

Breakdown of Søknaden min er godkjent nå.

• nå: now
• min: my
• søknaden: the application

Questions & Answers about Søknaden min er godkjent nå.

Why is it søknaden min and not min søknad?

Norwegian usually prefers the possessive pronoun after the noun when the noun is definite:

• søknaden min = my application (literally: the application my)

This is the most neutral and common way to say my X in everyday Norwegian.

You can also say min søknad, but:

• min søknad is more marked/emphatic, often used to contrast with someone else’s application, or to sound a bit more formal/literary.
• søknaden min is what you will hear most in normal speech.

So in this sentence, søknaden min is the natural, default choice.

What does the ending -en in søknaden mean?

The -en ending is the definite singular article for most masculine nouns in Bokmål.

• en søknad = an application (indefinite singular)
• søknaden = the application (definite singular)

Norwegian typically attaches the definite article to the end of the noun, instead of using a separate word like English the.

What gender is søknad, and how do its forms look?