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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