"Barnet mitt leser alvorlige bøker."

Translation: My child reads serious books.

[scadwyn]

Yeah, well, mine reads silly books! Take that, sanctimommy!

[cstonebr17]

What an overachiever.

[JohnGardne7]

Like "Dick, Jane, and the Climate Challenge."

[karine.meziane]

is there a difference of meaning between "avorlig" and "seriøst" or do they both mean "serious"?

[kirstm]

Alvorlige bøker = serious books.

"Seriøst" means "seriously".
- Hun er ikke snill (she is not kind).
- Seriøst (seriously)?

[LLALVES_]

I was about to ask that! Tusen takk :)

[BruceMD925]

What is the relevance of 'mitt'?

[Gidget84]

Mitt is letting you know whose child it is.

[NorskSpiller]

It also shows you it's not plural and the noun is neutral

[ReddySrikar]

Could I also write "Mitt barn leser alvorlige bøker"?

[Osebrand]

Yes, 'Barnet mitt' and 'Mitt barn' should both be accepted. 'Barnet mitt', though, "is the more common form in colloquial Norwegian, and the one you will encounter most often." See https://www.duolingo.com/skill/nb/Possessives/tips-and-notes

[TuroTouret]

Is the 'g' pronounced in 'alvorlige'?

[marwaneboussib]

In words that end with ige, the g is pronounced like an English y. For words ending with ig, the g is mute.

[Lennon927]

I'm never going to hear Barna and Barnet differently it seems. I'm sure the sentence should have told me though. :(

[JohnGardne7]

I have just the same problem. In this case, 'mitt' gives it away as a singular child, but in many of these sentences there is no clue except the sound. And I suspect that in real life there are Norwegians who are just a little sloppy in their pronunciation--Americans certainly can be.

[mum2awesomekids]

I put my child is reading serious books and it was marked wrong. Why?