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====[[Adjective#Predicative adjective|Predicative adjectives]]==== There is also predicative agreement of adjectives in all dialects of Norwegian and in the written languages, unlike related languages like German and Dutch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ressurssidene.pedit.no/web/PageND.aspx?id=99235|title=Predikativ|website=ressurssidene.pedit.no|language=nb-NO|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-date=1 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301002221/https://ressurssidene.pedit.no/web/PageND.aspx?id=99235|url-status=live}}</ref> This feature of predicative agreement is shared among the Scandinavian languages. Predicative adjectives do not inflect for definiteness unlike the attributive adjectives. This means that nouns will have to agree with the adjective when there is a [[Copula (linguistics)|copula verb]] involved, like in Bokmål: {{lang|nb|være}} ('to be'), {{lang|nb|bli}} ('become'), {{lang|nb|ser ut}} ('looks like'), {{lang|nb|kjennes}} ('feels like') etc. {| class="wikitable" |+Adjective agreement, examples |- ! !Norwegian (bokmål) !English |- |'''Masculine''' |{{lang|nb|Bilen var grønn}} |The car was green |- |'''Feminine''' |{{lang|nb|Døra er grønn}} |The door is green |- |'''Neuter''' |{{lang|nb|Flagget er grønt}} | The flag is green |- |'''Plural''' |{{lang|nb|Blåbærene blir store}} |The blueberries will be big |}
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