Våtdrakten ligger i den vanntette posen.

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Breakdown of Våtdrakten ligger i den vanntette posen.

• ligge: to lie (be located)
• våtdrakten: the wet suit
• den vanntette posen: the waterproof bag

Questions & Answers about Våtdrakten ligger i den vanntette posen.

Why does våtdrakten end in -en?

The ending -en makes the noun definite: våtdrakten = the wetsuit.

In Norwegian, definiteness is often added to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the in English.

• en våtdrakt = a wetsuit
• våtdrakten = the wetsuit

So there is no separate word for the before våtdrakten because the noun ending already does that job.

Why is it ligger and not er?

Norwegian often uses position verbs where English just uses to be.

Here, ligger literally means lies / is lying, and it is very common for objects that are resting somewhere.

So:

• Våtdrakten ligger i posen = the wetsuit is lying in the bag
• natural English: The wetsuit is in the waterproof bag

You can sometimes use er in Norwegian, but ligger is more idiomatic here because it describes how the object is situated.

Why does it say i den vanntette posen instead of just i posen?

Because the sentence specifies which bag: the waterproof bag.

• i posen = in the bag
• i den vanntette posen = in the waterproof bag

The adjective vanntette adds extra information about the bag.