No. 56 in Norwegian
samme
"Samme" means "same" in English.
In a sentence
Vi spiste på samme restaurant som alltid.
We ate at the same restaurant as always.
In this sentence, 'samme' is an adjective modifying the noun 'restaurant', establishing the idea of equality or identity between two or more instances.
De har samme interesser som hverandre.
They have the same interests as each other.
Here, 'samme' is used to describe an identical set or characteristic, in this case 'interesser', among members of a group.
Han har på seg den samme jakken igjen.
He is wearing the same jacket again.
In this context, 'den samme' emphasizes specificity and repetition, implying it is an identical item rather than another similar one.
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