Hun liker sangen.

Liker is the present tense form of the verb å like (to like).

A very common Norwegian pattern is:

• å like = infinitive
• liker = present tense

So in a full sentence, Norwegian normally uses liker, just as English uses likes rather than like after she.

Examples:

• Jeg liker sangen. = I like the song.
• Hun liker sangen. = She likes the song.

Unlike English, Norwegian does not change the present-tense verb depending on the subject. So:

• jeg liker
• du liker
• hun liker
• vi liker

all use liker.

In Norwegian, the definite article (the) is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• en sang = a song
• sangen = the song

Here, -en is the definite ending.

This is very different from English, but it is one of the most basic noun patterns in Norwegian.

The base form is sang.

You can think of it like this:

• sang = song
• en sang = a song
• sangen = the song

So sangen is built from the noun sang plus the definite ending -en.

Because sang is a noun that takes the common masculine definite singular ending -en in Bokmål.

A useful pattern is:

• en
  • noun = indefinite singular
• noun + -en = definite singular

So:

• en sang = a song
• sangen = the song

For learners, it is often easiest to memorize nouns together with their indefinite article:

• en sang

That helps you know how to form the definite form later.

Yes, in this sentence it is.

The order is:

• Hun = subject
• liker = verb
• sangen = object

So the pattern is subject + verb + object, which matches normal English word order:

• She likes the song.

That said, Norwegian has an important verb-second rule in main clauses, so word order can change in other sentence types. But in a simple statement like this one, it looks very familiar to an English speaker.

You usually move the verb before the subject:

• Liker hun sangen? = Does she like the song?

So:

• statement: Hun liker sangen.
• question: Liker hun sangen?

This is a very common pattern in Norwegian yes/no questions.

A rough English-friendly guide is:

• Hun ≈ hoon
• liker ≈ LEE-ker
• sangen ≈ SAHNG-en

A few helpful notes:

• The u in hun is not exactly like English oo, but hoon is a decent approximation.
• The i in liker sounds like ee.
• The ng in sangen is like the ng in sing.

A rough full pronunciation guide would be:

HOON LEE-ker SAHNG-en

Yes. Hun usually means she, referring to a female person. It can also be used for a female animal.

So it can refer to:

• a woman or girl
• a female animal

In everyday modern Norwegian, it is not usually used the way English sometimes poetically uses she for things like ships or countries.

Because Norwegian does not need an extra helping verb in a normal present-tense statement.

English often uses do/does in questions and negatives:

• Does she like the song?
• She does not like the song.

Norwegian usually does this more directly:

• Hun liker sangen.
• Liker hun sangen?
• Hun liker ikke sangen.

So Norwegian does not insert a separate word equivalent to English does here.

No, not quite.

• Hun liker sangen = she likes the song
• Hun liker en sang = she likes a song

The first refers to a specific song already known from context.
The second sounds more indefinite and less natural in many situations unless you really mean some song / a certain song.

So the choice between sangen and en sang matters.