Skaden i kneet blir verre hvis hun ikke hviler.

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Breakdown of Skaden i kneet blir verre hvis hun ikke hviler.

• i: in
• hvis: if
• bli: to become

Questions & Answers about Skaden i kneet blir verre hvis hun ikke hviler.

Why does it say skaden and kneet with -en / -et at the end?

Those endings mark the definite form (like “the” in English).

• skade (a common-gender noun) → skaden = “the injury”
• kne (a neuter noun) → kneet = “the knee” Norwegian often prefers the definite form when you’re talking about a specific, known thing (here: a particular injury in a particular knee).

Why is it Skaden i kneet and not something like Skaden i det kneet?

When a noun is definite in Norwegian, you usually don’t also add a separate word for the. So kneet already means the knee, and i kneet is a very normal way to say “in the knee.” You can say i det kneet in special contexts (e.g., contrasting: “in that knee, not the other one”), but it’s not the neutral everyday option here.

What’s the grammar of i kneet—why i (“in”)?

Norwegian commonly uses i for injuries/pain located inside a body part, especially joints:

• vondt i kneet = pain in the knee
• skade i kneet = injury in the knee
  You’ll also see i ryggen (in the back), i skulderen (in the shoulder), etc.