Katten sitter i buret.

The cat is sitting in the carrier.

Breakdown of Katten sitter i buret.

• i: in
• sitte: to sit
• katten: the cat
• buret: the cage; animal carrier

Questions & Answers about Katten sitter i buret.

Why does katten end in -en?

Because Norwegian often marks definiteness by adding the article to the end of the noun.

• katt = cat
• katten = the cat

So -en here works like English the.

This is very common in Norwegian:

• hund = dog → hunden = the dog
• bil = car → bilen = the car

Why does buret end in -et instead of -en?

That is because bur is a neuter noun in Norwegian.

In Bokmål, the definite singular ending depends on the gender of the noun:

• masculine: often -en
• feminine: often -a or sometimes -en
• neuter: -et

So:

• et bur = a cage
• buret = the cage

Meanwhile:

• en katt = a cat
• katten = the cat

So the different endings reflect different grammatical genders.

What is the basic dictionary form of katten and buret?