"Vinteren kommer."

Translation: Winter is coming.

[Erven.R]

Brace yourselves.

[Andreas83]

In Norway, winter is always coming...

[pietvo]

Or it is staying. I am currently on vacation in Norway between Bergen and Oslo and this afternoon it was snowing. In Finnse the whole area was still covered with snow, I guess at least 50cm.

[WilhelmTheWise]

Except for when it is actually winter, then summer is coming

[Norwegiannorm]

You know nothing Jon Snow

[Lea.1717]

Du vet ingenting, Jon Snø

[karola_w]

in 50 years from now we will still giggle at this and no one will understand why

[Andreas83]

In 50 years from now, the new book in the series may already have been published!

[OliverGuest]

In 50 years there wont be winters any more :-(

[Deus_vult_sic]

Winter will always come, as it always did.

[Ani_Jane]

The North Remembers.

[chloeastrid8]

Thank you Ned Stark

[heimaey]

Does it need to have a definite article in Norwegian? There is no definite article in English.

[vildand91]

Yes, it does need to be definite. Same with "Sommeren/høsten/våren kommer"

[alan.schmi3]

Why is that?

[OsoGegenHest]

For the same reason that you don't say it in English.

[Ms_World]

Before we had, "Det er vår", so I'd say it depends upon whether you want to say just 'winter'/'spring' or 'the winter'/'the spring', the same as in English.

[ThaliNilsen]

Queue GoT intro

[m.g.doyle]

SPOILER ALERT: Vinteren har kommet.

[iBrandok]

Eddard Stark agrees

[larlyssa]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8

[alan.schmi3]

For the translation "winter is coming", why is "winter" in the definite?

[emily.m.harless]

A specific winter (the one that is coming) is doing the action. It cannot be applied to just any winter, because there is only one winter that is (contextually) coming. Make sense?

[OsoGegenHest]

Because that's how it's expressed in Norwegian.

[SamHelland]

I know that some people would be frustrated with your answer but I completely agree with you that sometimes things are the way they are simply because that's how they are. English probably has many more of these than norsk does.

[IsabelHowi]

First the red wedding and now this...

[Jonathan216867]

Vinteren er her.

[JBYwhM]

Hødør..

[Adnan_nk]

I just came to see the comments

[arcarimariapia]

And the death is coming with it.

[Franzi44503]

What's with all the Game of Thrones references in this app??!

[Emorol]

better get the gear ready! goes outside hey wait a minute! its burning up out here! random blizzard blows in

[mainman24]

Det er her guttene mine.

[raisage]

Would it be wrong to answer "the winter is coming"?

[Anafranta7]

Got fans will be pissed off tho

[reut128567]

I guess you can.

[Joanne236389]

In Winter we must protect ourselves look after one another

[DrOctagonapus]

Natten er mørk og full av frykt

[Demanufact]

du vet ingenting Jon Snow