Topic: Norwegian (Bokmål)

"Barna dine spiser epler."

Translation:Your children are eating apples.

September 11, 2015

19 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/KyssKyllingen

    I'm a little confused about the plural for 'barn'. Is it just 'barn' or 'barna'?

    September 11, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Deliciae
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    • 162

    "Barn" is the indefinite plural (and singular), while "barna" is the definite plural.

    September 11, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/KyssKyllingen

      So..."mine barn" but "barna mine"?

      September 11, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/Deliciae
      Mod
      • 162

      You've got it! :)

      September 11, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/Lea.1717

        "Barna" = definite plural, and "jenta" = indefinite plural, right?

        December 30, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/Deliciae
        Mod
        • 162

        You're right about the first one, but "jenta" is the definite singular form.

        "Jenter" is the indefinite plural.

        December 31, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/Lea.1717

          Oh yeah. Takk. Now i won't forget it :)

          December 31, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/rustichan

            Why would "Your children are eating the apples be wrong"?

            November 9, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/Deliciae
            Mod
            • 162

            Because 'epler' is indefinite.

            epler = apples
            eplene = the apples

            November 9, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/Indrejan

              whys is barnet wrong? :(

              December 6, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/Deliciae
              Mod
              • 162

              "Barnet" is the definite singular, and this sentences uses the definite plural.

              barnet = the child
              barna = the children

              December 7, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/AliAbdlhadi

                Why eats is wrong

                December 7, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/Deliciae
                Mod
                • 162

                "Eats" is used with the third person singular (he/she/it), but the third person plural uses "eat".

                December 7, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/cindsardella
                • 129

                I can't hear the difference between epler and eplet... is there one?

                May 23, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/JoesCathbert
                • 43

                Is "Your child is eating apples" correct?

                September 3, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/TristinKnapp

                  Any tips on how to hear the difference between "barnet" and "barna"? Or is it all going to rely on context clues?

                  July 26, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/ycUvuSap
                  • 627

                  One ends with "e" sound, the other with "a" sound.

                  September 29, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/LyndaDoola1

                    This sentence made me smile, better to be an eating apple than a sour grape

                    November 24, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/Shin-seo

                      Didn’t know I had children but at least they’re eating healthy.

                      January 2, 2019

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