"Kvinnen drikker ikke melk."

Translation: The woman does not drink milk.

[JonLman]

How would I differentiate between saying that the woman does not drink milk (in general) and the woman is not drinking milk (not right now even though she might like milk in general).

[Luke_5.1991]

There's no real distinction in Norwegian. Usually context should tell you which one is which.

[deactivated user]

Is this word order correct? I would be inclined to say "Kvinnen ikke drikker melk."

[Luke_5.1991]

Yes. The verb is always in the second position in statements.

[exqeriment]

V2!!!!!!!!

[Luke_5.1991]

Exactly.

[ramaskrik]

Kvinnen is pronounced here rather strangely. Is it an alternative pronounciation, or just a flaw of the automated speech synthetizer?

[Frenger5]

I have to agree. I had to listen several times before figuring it out.

[TheNewRecipe]

'Kvinnen' is to be said as 'kvinn'n' as the 'e' is somewhat removed when being said. But I believe it could be a flaw in the speech synth.

[Creator13]

The slow pronunciation sounds more like 'kvinn' instead of 'kvinnen'

[Luke_5.1991]

It should sound like "kvinn'n." The e is somewhat swallowed.

[Vadiar]

In Norwegian, is there any way to distinguish between someone saying "the woman does not drink milk" and "the woman is not drinking milk"? It seems like there's a big difference to me.

[peanutbutterfIy]

No, it's the same in Norwegian

[Henrik912155]

You might technically say: Kvinnen er ikke drikkende - The woman is not drinking. But don't do that.

[karthik122990]

Does ikke always come after a verb and before a noun? 1. Kvinnen drikker ikke melk 2. Dere er kvinner, ikke menn.

[Henrik912155]

99.9% of the time

[karthik122990]

I guess usage like "gutten hører meg ikke" falls in the 0.1% :-)

[Henrik912155]

'meg', isn't a noun, but a pronoun

[stonesong]

Would "The woman is not drinking milk" work?

[kim.maria]

i did it, too. is it wrong?

[KatrinaWisdom]

That is how I translated it as well. Anyone?

[eR_27]

The same u_u

[Pandaren93]

Replied as well and it works. So I guess it's okay!

[Katiedrum2013]

Just because i do a capital W instead of lowercase, i get it 100% wrong?!? Can anyone explain that please?

[Joshwillia53247]

Is it a name or a place or a start of a sentence :-)

[deactivated user]

At this moment in time, I pronounce kvinne as "queen-ah/uh." Proper? At least a little? Tusen takk!

[CloudFire555]

Not proper. It would be pronounced as,

K-veen-a

I hope this helps.

[FlorianGod1]

doesn't = does not?

[TheNewRecipe]

That is correct.

[4bEuCqkQ]

Why is it wrong to use the word "women" but right to use "lady"??? Kvinnen=women=lady.... or not?

[TheNewRecipe]

Because 'kvinnen' means 'the woman/the lady' and not 'women'. 'Kvinner/kvinna' however, DOES mean 'women'. As well as 'woman' is a singular noun, while 'women' is the plural version of 'woman'.

[lijo414247]

'Kvinnen' means 'the woman' 'kvinner' means 'women

[David554380]

I used the contraction of ' is not'. This should have been accepted.

[KrzysztofM891960]

What is wrong with doesn't it is any different with does not?

[MarcusXyw]

It's the same, it should accept both.

[joe915080]

My answer should of been submited.

[rikkiro]

On Duolingo, sometimes it's acceptable to use "kvinna" as the definite and other times, like with this answer, it's not. Why is this?

[Mik334770]

Is it also correct to use mjølk rather than melk? I once saw this on milk packages in the supermarket in Bergen