En lydig hund kan luftes uten bånd.

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Breakdown of En lydig hund kan luftes uten bånd.

• hunden: the dog
• uten: without
• kan: can

Questions & Answers about En lydig hund kan luftes uten bånd.

Why is it en hund and not et hund?

Because hund is a common-gender noun in Norwegian, so it takes en in the indefinite singular: en hund.

A few related forms:

• en hund = a dog
• hunden = the dog
• hunder = dogs
• hundene = the dogs

If it were a neuter noun, it would take et, but hund is not neuter.

Why is the adjective lydig unchanged in en lydig hund?

In Norwegian, adjectives change depending on gender, number, and definiteness. Here, hund is:

• singular
• indefinite
• common gender

In that pattern, many adjectives appear in their basic form, so you get en lydig hund.

Compare:

• en lydig hund = an obedient dog
• et lydig dyr = an obedient animal
• lydige hunder = obedient dogs
• den lydige hunden = the obedient dog

So lydig is the correct form here because it agrees with an indefinite singular common-gender noun.

What does lydig mean exactly?