Vi bruker teknologien hver dag.

Bruker is the present tense form of the verb å bruke (to use).

• å bruke = infinitive = to use
• bruker = present tense = use / are using

In Norwegian, the present tense is often made by adding -r to the infinitive:

• å bruke → bruker
• å snakke → snakker
• å lese → leser

So Vi bruker teknologien hver dag uses the normal present tense, just like English We use the technology every day.

Vi means we.

It is the first-person plural subject pronoun.

Examples:

• Jeg = I
• Du = you
• Han / hun = he / she
• Vi = we
• Dere = you (plural)
• De = they

So Vi bruker ... means We use ...

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun.

In Norwegian, instead of putting a separate word like the before the noun, you often add the definite ending to the noun itself.

• teknologi = technology
• teknologien = the technology

This is very common in Norwegian:

• bil = car
• bilen = the car
• bok = book
• boka / boken = the book

So teknologien is the definite form.

Because Norwegian usually expresses definiteness by adding it to the end of the noun.

English:

• the technology

Norwegian:

• teknologien

This is one of the big differences between English and Norwegian.

A separate definite word can appear too, but usually in phrases with an adjective:

• teknologien = the technology
• den nye teknologien = the new technology

So in your sentence, teknologien already includes the idea of the.

Hver dag literally means each day, and in natural English that is usually every day.

• hver = each / every
• dag = day

The noun stays singular after hver, just as in English:

• every day
• not every days

Other examples:

• hver uke = every week
• hver måned = every month
• hver gang = every time

So hver dag is the normal Norwegian way to say every day.

In this sentence, yes, it is very similar to English:

• Vi = subject
• bruker = verb
• teknologien = object
• hver dag = time expression

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Object + Time

That said, Norwegian has an important rule called V2 word order, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position in main clauses.

So you can also say:

Hver dag bruker vi teknologien.

This also means We use the technology every day, but now the sentence starts with the time expression. The verb bruker still stays in second position.

Yes, absolutely.

Both are correct:

• Vi bruker teknologien hver dag.
• Hver dag bruker vi teknologien.

The difference is mainly focus and style:

• Vi bruker teknologien hver dag = neutral statement
• Hver dag bruker vi teknologien = puts more emphasis on every day

This is a very common pattern in Norwegian. When you move something to the front, the verb usually comes right after it.

Yes, but the meaning changes a little.

• teknologien = the technology
• teknologi = technology in a more general sense

Compare:

• Vi bruker teknologien hver dag.
  = We use the technology every day / we use this technology every day

• Vi bruker teknologi hver dag.
  = We use technology every day

The version without the definite ending often sounds more general or abstract. The definite form can sound more specific, though in some contexts Norwegian also uses the definite form where English might sound more general.

Norwegian does not use a tense in the same way English does with am/is/are + -ing for many everyday statements.

The present tense bruker can cover:

• use
• am/is/are using, depending on context

Because hver dag shows this is a habitual action, the simple present is the natural choice:

• Vi bruker teknologien hver dag. = We use the technology every day.

If you wanted to stress an action happening right now, Norwegian can sometimes use expressions like:

• Vi holder på å bruke ... = We are in the middle of using ...

But that would sound unnatural here, because hver dag describes a routine.

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

vee BROO-ker tek-no-lo-GEE-en vair dahg

A few helpful notes:

• Vi sounds like vee
• bruker has a long u sound, roughly like broo-ker
• teknologien has the stress near the end: tek-no-lo-GEE-en
• hver can be tricky; in careful speech it is roughly like vair
• dag sounds like dahg

This is only an approximation, but it can help you get started.