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Something about Nothing - Noe, Noen, Ikke noe, Ingen

These words are really confusing lets start decoding these..

  
Noen someone - somebody - anyone - any - a few - some
Noe something - anything - some - a little - no - a
Ikke Noe not - nothing - not a - no - not something
Ingen not - none - any - no one - no

Lets look at few examples:

Jeg har noe å vise deg. I have something to show you
Sa noen noe om mat ? Did someone say something about food?
Ikke gjør noe overilt Dont do anything in rush (Sometimes noe can mean anything often after a verb)
Det var ingen hjemme There was nobody home (Ingen is often used as an indefenite pronoun)
Man skal være noe forsiktig One should be a little careful (when used as an adverb can replace the word litt, a little)

Noen av dem vi møtte og noe av det vi så Some of those we met and some of what we saw
Ikke noe problem Not a problem
Ingen problem No problem

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