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Questions & Answers about Dette er gøy.
What does dette mean, and why is it used here?
Dette means this.
In Dette er gøy, it is the subject of the sentence: This is fun.
Norwegian has several words related to this/that, and they can depend on gender and whether you are pointing something out or referring to a whole situation. For a simple sentence like this, dette is very common when you mean this thing or this situation.
Why is the verb er in the middle?
Er means is. It is the present tense of å være (to be).
The basic word order here is:
- Dette = subject
- er = verb
- gøy = complement
So the structure is very similar to English:
- This is fun
- Dette er gøy
What does gøy mean exactly?