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Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

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Debbie
Canada

Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by Debbie »

This sentence is closed to questions on the main Duolingo site. I've spent the last half hour trying to understand why the first word is "bifile" instead of "bifil". I think I've concluded that it is an adjective being used as a noun but wouldn't "de" be in front of it? ordbok.uib.no doesn't have any form of the word nor does Haugen (not surprisingly, since it's old).

Can someone point to where I could find the information I'm looking for or answer my question? Thank you.

Olav
Norway

Re: Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by Olav »

It is plural.

Debbie
Canada

Re: Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by Debbie »

Thank you, Olav, but nouns don't become plural by adding "e", only adjectives do that. Isn't that correct? So is this an adjective pretending to be a noun but it doesn't require "de" in front?

Olav
Norway

Re: Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by Olav »

Right.

Debbie
Canada

Re: Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by Debbie »

Tusen takk!

liv
Norway

Re: Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by liv »

The reason there is no De in front is that it is used in an indefinite form. Would be true for other adjectives used as nouns as well such as in a sentence like "ansatte kan bruke denne inngangen"

Debbie
Canada

Re: Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by Debbie »

Mange takk, Liv, det er veldig hjelpsomt.

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anamorphism

Re: Bifile kan forelske seg i mennesker av begge kjønn.

Post by anamorphism »

as a side note, nouns ending in -r generally also just get an -e in indefinite plural form.

  • en amerikaner, to amerikanere: an american, two americans.

and there are, of course, irregular nouns.

  • ei/en mor, to mødre(r). a mother, two mothers.
  • en far, to fedre. a father, two fathers.
Mtulinga
United States of America

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Post by Mtulinga »

Jeg tror at bifil(e) er et substantiv og adjektiv, akkurat som "bisexual" og "bisexuals" eller "gay/gays." Vi sier ikke "bisexuals" ofte på engelsk, men det er fortsatt et ekte ord. Det ser ut som det samme på norsk.

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