Hun er gravid.

to be

Breakdown of Hun er gravid.

• hun: she
• gravid: pregnant

Questions & Answers about Hun er gravid.

Is gravid really the normal everyday Norwegian word? In English, gravid sounds medical or very formal.

Yes. In Norwegian, gravid is the standard, everyday word for pregnant. It does not sound unusually formal or medical the way English gravid often does.

So Hun er gravid is completely natural everyday Norwegian.

What does each word do in the sentence?

• Hun = the subject pronoun, she
• er = the present tense of å være (to be)
• gravid = an adjective meaning pregnant

So the structure is:

subject + verb + adjective

Why is there no article before gravid?

Because gravid is being used as a predicative adjective after er.

In Norwegian, when an adjective comes after to be, you normally do not use an article.

• Hun er gravid. = correct
• Hun er en gravid. = not correct

But if the adjective comes before a noun, then you use an article as usual:

• Hun er en gravid kvinne. = She is a pregnant woman