Lysmåleren viser riktig eksponering.

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Breakdown of Lysmåleren viser riktig eksponering.

• vise: to show
• eksponeringen: the exposure
• lysmåleren: the light meter

Questions & Answers about Lysmåleren viser riktig eksponering.

Why is lysmåleren written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• lys = light
• måler = meter / measurer

Together, lysmåler means light meter.

Then -en is added for the definite form, giving lysmåleren = the light meter.

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often uses two words where Norwegian uses one.

Why does lysmåleren end in -en?

The ending -en marks the definite singular form of many masculine/common-gender nouns in Bokmål.

Here the base noun is:

• en lysmåler = a light meter

Definite form:

• lysmåleren = the light meter

So the sentence is talking about the light meter, not just any light meter.

What gender is lysmåler?

Lysmåler is a common-gender noun in Bokmål.

Its forms are:

• en lysmåler = a light meter
• lysmåleren = the light meter
• lysmålere = light meters
• lysmålerne = the light meters

For an English speaker, the main thing to notice is that Norwegian nouns have grammatical gender, and that affects articles and endings.

What tense is viser?