Editing Norwegian language (section)

===== Negation =====
Negation in Norwegian is expressed by the word {{lang|no|ikke}}, which literally means 'not' and is placed after the finite verb. Exceptions are embedded clauses.

* {{lang|nb|Hunden kom '''ikke''' tilbake med ballen.}} ('The dog did '''not''' return with the ball.')
* {{lang|nb|Det var hunden som '''ikke''' kom tilbake.}} ('It was the dog that did '''not''' return.')

Contractions with the negation, as is accepted in for example English (''cannot'', ''hadn't'', ''didn't'') are limited to dialects and colloquial speech. In this case contractions apply to the negation and the verb. Otherwise {{lang|no|ikke}} is applied in similar ways as the English ''not'' and general [[Affirmation and negation|negation]].