Word
Hun bruker c/o-adressen dersom navnet hennes ikke står på postkassen.
Meaning
She uses the care-of address if her name is not on the mailbox.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hun bruker c/o-adressen dersom navnet hennes ikke står på postkassen.
hun
she
på
on
ikke
not
bruke
to use
Questions & Answers about Hun bruker c/o-adressen dersom navnet hennes ikke står på postkassen.
Why does the sentence begin with Hun instead of Ho?
Hun is the standard Bokmål subject pronoun for she.
- Hun = she
- Henne = her
You may also see ho in Nynorsk and in some dialects, but hun is the normal Bokmål form here.
What does bruker mean here, and why is it not brukte or har brukt?
Bruker is the present tense of å bruke (to use).
So:
- å bruke = to use
- bruker = uses / is using
- brukte = used
- har brukt = has used
In this sentence, Norwegian uses the present tense to state a general fact or habit:
- Hun bruker c/o-adressen ... = She uses the c/o address ...
This sounds like something she does whenever the condition applies.
What is c/o-adressen?