"Many Americans do not have bicycles."

Translation: Mange amerikanere har ikke sykler.

[_Fiery_Crystal_]

Because the bears got them all!

[WildSage]

Almost every American I know owns at least one bike. Now, the percentage that use them for clothes hangers or spider web holders, I couldn't tell ya.

[__Ian]

That's probably why we're so fat.

[hatt.marrison]

Haha I love how controversial this sentence is. I would like to add that America is a huge country and something that might be true in one part of the country is a totally different reality in another part.

[Nate933230]

I'm offensive and this is American

[SamCarlile1]

Could this also be "Flere"?

[Deliciae]

"flere" would be a better translation of "several".

noen få = a few
noen = some
flere = several
mange = many

[SamCarlile1]

Thanks!

[Deliciae]

Bare hyggelig! :)

[dennorske]

No. Because "flere" means "several" while the sentence says "many" thus, "mange"

[JegHeterKordian]

Why "Mange amerikanere eier ikke sykler" is incorrect here?

[JessicaHjertum]

because it's not about them owning bicycles so much as just having them :)

[Nastya755626]

Why "har ikke"? I know they say "ikke har"

[shirwert]

because of the V2 rule- In Norwegian, the verb must come at the second position

[yotavian]

In this case, 'ikke' comes after the verb. This is how it will be most times with simple phrases like this one. :)

[isaac.toth]

Except in properly managed cities, we lack the infrastructure for them that some places(notable in Europe) have. We're getting better. My city just got new bike lanes.

[edenwestie]

We drive around everywhere.

[tedditalks]

Why is it "har" and not "ha"?

[Deliciae]

"Har" is the present tense, while "(å) ha" is the infinitive.

"Have" in English can translate to either of the two, depending on the context, but since there is only one verb in the Norwegian sentence we know it has to be conjugated.

[tedditalks]

Thank you!

[MuttFitness]

Why is there an e on the end of americans?

[yotavian]

'American' translates to 'Amerikansk'.
'Americans' translates to 'Amerikanere'.
It is an irregular plural rule

[Chris.rapson]

Why can't i translate the English plural bicycles to the Norwegian plural syklene?

[Deliciae]

Because "bicycles" is the indefinite plural, and "syklene" is the definite plural ("the bicycles").

[shirwert]

How can i tell the position of 'ikke'? in many cases 'ikke' comes at the end of the sentence
'Mange amerikanere har sykler ikke'

[Ginko-the-grey]

Like I said it before, this is not the case if you live in Portland.

[Aaditya865449]

Is "Amerikanerer" not a word in Norwegian? Just asking, since plurals often end with -er in Norwegian.

[mammut0077]

The amerikaner noun is in the m2 here.
https://ordbok.uib.no/info/bob_forkl.html

I guess, it wouldn't easy to say it with two -ers.

[Ricky352407]

En Sudamérica si tenemos lol v:

[Andr16065]

Agree, people so often mix up americans and forget about the rest of them ! But hey, they do the same thing about the Brits ; not all of them living in England. And the same -- in many langs -- for all the people in the Netherlands not living in Holland.

just mina deux cents...