"Jeg liker ikke smørbrød."
Translation:I don't like sandwiches.
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Okay, smørbrød is both singular and plural. and because a number is not specified then you assume that it's plural.
In the same way that: "I have a sheep" means one sheep
And, "I have sheep" Means more than one sheep.
Note for later, jordbær is also both singular and plural.
I just want to propose a singular word for sheep, while we're here: Shep.
Now we could say "I have sheep, I have a shep"
Just a thought.
I would like to suggest something else: shoop. Just as goose turns to geese in the plural form, shoop would become sheep. And it's undeniably a cute name.
So when we wanna talk randomly without numbers it must be always in plural? It is prohibited to use the singular axcording to norwegian language?
No indefinite singular marker (en, et) or definite singular marker (-en, -et).
When does ikke come before, and when after the object? Here's it's "Jeg liker ikke smørbrød", but in previous exercises it was "Jeg liker deg ikke" for example. Is it different for pronouns?
Say what? You used the wrong word. I do not like open sandwiches.
What is an open sandwich? Where did the word open come from?
An open, or open-faced, sandwich is a sandwich consisting of only one slice of bread with toppings on it - not two slices with a filling in-between.
When Norwegians talk of smørbrød, they usually mean the former, but when English-speakers talk of sandwiches they're usually referring to the latter.
I find it really hard to tell the difference between smørbrød and smørbrødene
The two versions sound the same to me when the male voice is speaking slowly. The female voice is far better in this example.
