Vi kaster papiret i en søppelsekk og tørker bordet med tørkepapir.

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Breakdown of Vi kaster papiret i en søppelsekk og tørker bordet med tørkepapir.

• vi: we
• med: with
• og: and

Questions & Answers about Vi kaster papiret i en søppelsekk og tørker bordet med tørkepapir.

Why is it kaster and tørker and not different verb endings for vi?

Norwegian verbs don’t change form for person/number the way English does (no I throw / he throws distinction). In the present tense you usually use one form for everyone:

• jeg kaster, du kaster, vi kaster
• jeg tørker, de tørker, etc.
  The common present marker is -r (though not all verbs follow it perfectly).

What’s the function of vi here—do I ever need to drop it like in some languages?

Vi is the subject pronoun we. In Norwegian, you normally keep the subject; you don’t drop it the way you can in some languages (like Spanish/Italian). So kaster needs an explicit subject: Vi kaster ...

Why does it say papiret (with -et) instead of just papir?

Papiret is the definite form: the paper (or that paper in context).

• papir = paper (indefinite / material / some paper)
• papiret = the paper (a specific piece/sheet already known in context)
  Norwegian often uses the definite ending (-et, -en, -a) instead of a separate word like the.