Noun conjugation Take a look at some Norwegian nouns:   Singular Indefinite Singular Definite Plural Indefinite Plural Definite masculine en gutt a boy gutten the boy gutter boys guttene the boys feminine ei jente a girl jenta the girl jenter girls jentene the girls neuter et hus a house huset the house hus houses husene the houses From the table we can figure out the following rules: The indefinite articles in Norwegian are en, ei, and et. A big difference from English is that the definite article is added in the end of the word as a suffix. The singular suffixes are -en, -a, and -et. If the nouns originally ends with a vowel, you remove it before adding the suffix. To make the indefinite plural in Norwegian you add the suffix -er, except for most one-syllabled neuter nouns, which often don't get any suffix at all. If you add -ene at the end of the word, you have made the definite plural. Everything can be illustrated clearly with a table: Gender Singular Indefinite Singular Definite Plural Indefinite Plural Definite masculine en - -en -er -ene feminine ei - -a -er -ene neuter et - -et -(er) -ene As you can see, this is not difficult if you know the noun's gender. Try to memorize this, and write it down if you have a workbook. Privacy policy