"Bjørnen leser ikke en bok."

Translation: The bear is not reading a book.

[integra0]

Incredible the number of facts you learn in Duolingo

[LindaB_Duolingo]

... because it's dangerous to read while you're riding a bike! :)

[MarkoSucur]

and eating cheese cake at the same time

[LindaB_Duolingo]

What a way to go! :)

[Mattogucci]

I'm really enjoying these Norwegian sentences! The creative ones tend to stick in your mind and help reinforce the grammar structures

[marc797656]

In russia they do. Hehe

[DiaJasin]

In mother russia bears are CEOs

[HoeckerCarlos]

...and drink beer too!

[Ctougas01]

Not beer, vokda!

[GzuzKryste]

Not vodka, pivo!

[Richard842034]

I assume this is because the bear is listening to the book on Kindle.

[integra0]

Could well be. I saw a badly scratched Kindle the other day.

[aaronheiss]

Hard to operate these fiddly little bits of technology without opposable thumbs!

[CeleryILike]

It turns out, that this is normal in Norway. Most bears are literate. However, that one bear did not go to Norway Bear School.

[anothernobody]

Could this be "The bear is reading no book"? Or Can "ikke" not mean that? How would it be written, then?

[Gidget84]

That would be ""Bjørnen leser ingen bok. ", I think.

[jody2457]

I translated it as 'the bear' instead of 'a bear'. Why is this incorrect?

[Ponczek_m]

I believe it's because bjørnen = THE bear while A bear = en bjørn. So basically while you use "a/an" you need to use "en/ei/et", but when you use "the" you add "en" at the end of the verb. At least that's how I understand it ;)

[Robbadob]

While you use "a/an" you need to use "en/ei/et", but when you use "the" you add "en" at the end of the verb.

Close. If you use en (i.e. the noun is masculine), add -en to the end of the noun. If you use ei (i.e. it's feminine), add -a. If you use et (i.e. it's neuter), add -et.

en fugl > fuglen
ei mark / en mark > marka / marken
et dyr > dyret

[2019/04/15]

[Sarah764478]

it's about the grammer.

en bjørn (a bear) vs bjørnen (the bear)

it's about learning when to use a word with "a" vs "the"

due to the language the use of the artical "the" is included in the full word.

eg

Mannen (the man)
En Mann (a man)

Jenta (the girl)
en jente (a girl)

Kvinnen (the woman)
kvinne (a woman)

you were correct with the word itself just not when to use the article word "the" vs "a" .... if that makes sense.

[Leonardo218]

I have a question. The -en at the end is mute? Because I never really listen to it.

[ChocoBlondie]

Same here, for some reason I can't hear the "_en" when the examples are spoken out loud. :/ And yet, when checking the word alone, it seems like it should be pronounced...

Anyone to confirm/infirm?

[Dodidly]

I can hear it. It's like a more subtle version of the double 'n' sound in "Good mornin' ".

[VeikkoXx]

Implying that the bears isn't reading a book at the moment, but usually it does.

[DasTrtchen]

What abour the Mute -en now? Is there a Way recognizing it?

[clayton218909]

I put "the bear does not read a book." It still said I was correct but I feel like it's not.

[Deliciae]

It's correct. The Norwegian present tense covers both the continuous/progressive and the simple aspect.