Lecakulene ligger under plantejorden.

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Breakdown of Lecakulene ligger under plantejorden.

• ligge: to lie (be located)
• plantejorden: the potting soil
• lecakulene: the clay pebbles

Questions & Answers about Lecakulene ligger under plantejorden.

What is Lecakulene made up of?

Lecakulene can be broken down like this:

• Leca = lightweight expanded clay, often used in gardening and drainage
• kule = ball, pellet
• -ne / -ene = the definite plural ending

So lecakulene means the LECA balls / the clay pellets.

In practice, Lecakuler or lecakuler is a common gardening word in Norwegian.

Why does Lecakulene end in -ene?

Because it is a definite plural form: the clay pellets.

A common pattern for masculine nouns in Bokmål is:

• en kule = a ball / a pellet
• kuler = balls / pellets
• kulene = the balls / the pellets

So:

• lecakuler = LECA balls
• lecakulene = the LECA balls

That ending is doing the job that English does with the separate word the.

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

In Norwegian, the is often attached to the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• plantejord = potting soil / planting soil
• plantejorden = the potting soil

and:

• lecakuler = LECA balls
• lecakulene = the LECA balls

This is one of the biggest differences from English. Norwegian usually puts definiteness at the end of the noun.