Sykepleieren ber de pårørende vente i et stille rom.

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Breakdown of Sykepleieren ber de pårørende vente i et stille rom.

• i: in
• stille: quiet
• rommet: the room

Questions & Answers about Sykepleieren ber de pårørende vente i et stille rom.

Why does sykepleier become sykepleieren?

Norwegian often marks definiteness with a suffix on the noun.

• sykepleier = a nurse (indefinite)
• sykepleieren = the nurse (definite)
  The ending -en is the common definite ending for many masculine nouns in Bokmål.

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What verb is ber, and why not spør?

ber is the present tense of å be (to ask/request), and it often implies a request/instruction.

• å be = ask/request someone to do something (can sound more formal/authority-based)
• å spørre = ask a question / inquire
  So Sykepleieren ber ... fits when the nurse is requesting/directing someone.

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Is de here the same as the pronoun meaning they?

Here de is a determiner meaning the (definite plural), not the subject pronoun they.

• de pårørende = the relatives / the next of kin
  The pronoun de (they) would typically be used without a noun after it.

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