Sideleiet holder luftveiene åpne.

to keep

Breakdown of Sideleiet holder luftveiene åpne.

• åpen: open
• luftveiene: the airways
• sideleiet: the recovery position

Questions & Answers about Sideleiet holder luftveiene åpne.

Why does sideleiet end in -et?

Because sideleie is a neuter noun in Norwegian.

Its basic forms are:

• et sideleie = a recovery position / a side-lying position
• sideleiet = the recovery position / the side-lying position

So the -et ending marks definite singular for a neuter noun.

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Why is there no separate word for the in this sentence?

Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

So:

• sideleiet = the recovery position
• luftveiene = the airways

This is very normal in Norwegian. English says the airways; Norwegian often says luftveiene.

A useful extra point: if there is an adjective before the noun, Norwegian often uses double definiteness, for example:

• det stabile sideleiet = the stable recovery position

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