"En rein spiser et eple."

Translation: A reindeer is eating an apple.

[Little_Turtle7]

What kind of apple? Granny Smith? Pink Lady? Fuji? I am very curious.

[Aryamaan008]

Rudolf the rednosed reindeer discovered that his nose was an apple and started eating it

[Nenelson2002]

Auto-cannibalism?

[Lukutar]

Is there a difference between a deer and a reindeer in norwegian?

[griffindd]

deer = hjort; reindeer = rein; reinsdyr

[tnde875357]

In which words do you use en and in which words et? It is a little bit puzzeling.

[LauriiiiC]

EN is masculine gender (can use for feminine also)
ET is neuter

Open 1st lesson (BASICS) and you will see!

[Bunchybunc]

I think (possibly?) they are asking why 'en' and 'et' seem to be used interchangeably with the word 'reinsdyr' and 'rein"?

[LauriiiiC]

Can i translate it: ''One reindeer is eating an apple"

[Matsukasa]

Usually we would write én to mean "one". Some people might drop the accent, although the Language Council of Norway recommends using it. In the spoken language you would hear the difference, with én typically being stressed, and the indefinite article not being able to carry stress. Here it actually does sound a bit like she's saying "én", and not "en".

[jankelele]

What's there difference between saying is eating and eats in Norwegian?

[griffindd]

there is none. This sentence can be translated either way.

[Ade_Norwood]

What if I just want to say: eats. Is there an other word for it, or it's same?

[mysticsdance]

Is there a reason you can't say "The reindeer..." instead of "A reindeer..."?