"The short stories were unbelievably bad."
Translation:Novellene var utrolig dårlige.
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Can someone explain to me "utrolig" takes the singular and "darlige" the plural in this case? Thanks!
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"utrolig" is modifying an adjective, so it's an adverb. Adverbs can be formed from the neuter form of the adjective, some of which do not end in "t" (e.g, those ending in -ig, billig, utrolig, etc.).
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In English, German and Dutch short stories and novellas are not the same. Does that distinction not exist in Norwegian?
'Novelle' is a wide (and vague) genre in Norway, which indeed covers both what you would call short stories and novellas. It pretty much covers any fictional prose shorter than a 'roman' (novel) which doesn't fit into a more narrow genre such as 'eventyr' (fairy tales).
Store norske leksikon entry on 'novelle'. (in Norwegian)
