Er alt gjort nå?

to be

Breakdown of Er alt gjort nå?

• nå: now
• alt: everything
• gjort: done

Questions & Answers about Er alt gjort nå?

Why does the sentence start with Er?

Because this is a yes/no question in Norwegian.

In a normal statement, you would say:

• Alt er gjort nå. = Everything is done now.

To make it a yes/no question, Norwegian usually puts the finite verb first:

• Er alt gjort nå? = Is everything done now?

This is very similar to English:

• Everything is done now.
• Is everything done now?

What does er mean here?

Er is the present tense of å være (to be).

Here it means is, and it combines with gjort to give the idea of something being in a done/finished state:

• er gjort = is done

So:

• Er alt gjort nå? = Is everything done now?

What does alt mean?

Alt means everything or all of it.

It is the neuter form of all:

• all = all / whole
• alt = everything / all of it