No. 639 in Norwegian
forsvarsminister
Minister of Defense
In a sentence
Forsvarsministeren deltok på den internasjonale konferansen.
The defense minister attended the international conference.
Here, 'forsvarsministeren' is used in its definite form to denote a specific individual holding the position of defense minister, indicating their role in an official context.
Jeg møtte landets tidligere forsvarsminister i en bokhandel.
I met the country's former defense minister in a bookstore.
In this sentence, 'forsvarsminister' refers to a person who previously held the role, emphasizing the temporal aspect of their position by the use of 'tidligere' (former).
Hvem tror du blir den neste forsvarsministeren?
Who do you think will be the next defense minister?
Here, 'forsvarsministeren' appears again in its definite form, and the sentence indicates the position as an anticipated future role.
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