Vi venter på svar om barnehageplassen.

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Breakdown of Vi venter på svar om barnehageplassen.

• om: about
• vente på: to wait for
• svaret: the answer

Questions & Answers about Vi venter på svar om barnehageplassen.

Why does Norwegian use vi and not jeg here—does vi always mean we?

Vi is the subject pronoun meaning we. It’s used when the speaker includes at least one other person (e.g., a partner, family, or household) in the action: Vi venter … = We are waiting …
Norwegian also has jeg (I) if it’s only the speaker: Jeg venter på svar …
(And man can mean an impersonal one/people in some contexts, but not here.)

Why is the verb venter in this form—where is the “are” from “we are waiting”?

In Norwegian, the present tense verb often covers what English expresses as am/is/are + -ing.
So Vi venter literally is We wait, but it commonly means We are waiting depending on context. Norwegian doesn’t need an auxiliary like are here.

Why does vente take på—can I say Vi venter svar without på?

The most normal pattern is å vente på + noun: vente på svar = wait for an answer.
Dropping på is usually not idiomatic in everyday Norwegian in this meaning.
You can sometimes see related structures, e.g. å vente med noe (wait with / postpone something) or å vente (på at) … (wait (for) that … happens), but for an answer, vente på svar is the standard.