Nouns

Nouns are words that point to objects, people and terms. One big difference to English is that Norwegian uses a three gender system. Nouns are in Norwegian conjugated after gender(Masculine, Feminine and Neuter), number(singular and plural) and specificity(a and the). It is worth noting that masculine and feminine nouns can be treated as a common gender, but we choose to keep them separate since three genders are quite common in speech and is required in nynorsk (Therefore, making it easier to learn later).

Masculine nouns:

Masculine nouns are marked by the indefinite marker En in singular form. Regular nouns will take the endings -en in singular definite form, -er in plural indefinite form, and -ene for plural definite. Irregular nouns will change vowels in plural forms.

Example sentences:

Det er en fin hund -That is a nice dog

Hunden er fin -That dog is nice

Alle hunder er fine -All dogs are nice

De hundene er fine -Those dogs are nice

En ung mann -A young man

Den unge mannen -The young man

Mange unge menn -Many young men

Mennene er unge -All the men are young

Feminine nouns:

Feminine nouns are marked by the indefinite marker Ei in singular form. Regular nouns will take the endings -a in singular definite form, -er in plural indefinite form, and -ene for plural definite.

Example sentences:

Ei jente sykler hjem - A girl bikes home

Jenta sykler hjem - The girl bikes home

Mange jenter sykler hjem- Many girls bike home

Jentene sykler hjem - The girls bike home

Ei jakke henger ute - A jacket hangs outside

Jakka henger ute - The jacket hangs outside

Mange jakker henger ute - Many jackets are hanging outside

Jakkene henger ute - The jackets are hanging outside

Neuter nouns:

Neuter nouns are marked by the indefinite marker Et in singular form. Regular nouns will take the endings -et in singular definite form, -er in plural indefinite form, and -ene for plural definite. As we can see some shorter words like Lys and Hus get no ending at all in plural indefinite form.

Example sentences:

Et hus er rødt - A house is red

Huset er rødt - The house is red

Mange hus er røde - Many houses are red

Husene er røde - The houses are red

Et eple faller - An apple falls

Eplet faller - The apple falls

Mange epler faller - Many apples fall

Eplene faller - The apples fall

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