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- "Han liker det."
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Okay, I had to guess what the last word was, while knowing that there had to be a last word.
In this case, it's context based. The sentence can either mean "it/that" is a neuter pronoun or could mean gender is not implied. (i.e. "that" could be something that is happening - like an accident or a flashy car etc.) A lot of the time, "det" is used regardless of gender. Just remember, "det/den" are pronouns - they replaced the NOUN and therefore share the same gender as the noun that is replaced. I've spoken to a fair few Norwegians and they don't seem to stress using "den" too much. It's more grammatically correct, but you'll be understood either way.
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When I first did this sentence I knew that there had to be a third word. That was five years ago and "supeven" explained what was happening (above).
I do suggest reading his comment.
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Thanks a lot ! It helps indeed ! I'm afraid to make a lot of mistakes while trying to speak Norwegian, it looks to me as a sound interpretative language.
Apparently it is related to the morphology of the Norwegian mouth... is there a typical anthropometric factor among the Norwegians ? I came to this while doing Google Search https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2008.01.001