Sjøsyke kan reduseres.

to reduce

Breakdown of Sjøsyke kan reduseres.

• kan: can
• sjøsyke: seasickness

Questions & Answers about Sjøsyke kan reduseres.

Is sjøsyke a noun or an adjective in this sentence?

Here, sjøsyke is a noun meaning seasickness.

That can be confusing because sjøsyk is also an adjective meaning seasick, and one of its forms is sjøsyke:

• Jeg er sjøsyk = I am seasick
• De er sjøsyke = They are seasick

So sjøsyke can be either:

• a noun: seasickness
• an adjective form: seasick in certain contexts

In Sjøsyke kan reduseres, it is clearly the noun because it is the subject of the sentence.

Why is sjøsyke written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes this kind of idea as one compound word.

English often uses more spaces than Norwegian does. So where English has seasickness, Norwegian has sjøsyke as one word.

This is very normal in Norwegian:

• togstasjon = train station
• barnebok = children’s book
• sjøsyke = seasickness

Why is there no article before sjøsyke?

Because sjøsyke is being used in a general, uncountable sense, like seasickness in English.

Compare:

• Sjøsyke kan reduseres = seasickness in general can be reduced
• Sjøsyken kan reduseres = the seasickness can be reduced, meaning a more specific case

So the version without an article sounds natural when talking about the condition in general.