Lysbildet legges i filmskanneren.

The photographic slide is placed in the film scanner.

Breakdown of Lysbildet legges i filmskanneren.

• i: in
• legge: to place
• lysbildet: the photographic slide
• filmskanneren: the film scanner

Questions & Answers about Lysbildet legges i filmskanneren.

Why does lysbilde become lysbildet?

Because Norwegian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

• et lysbilde = a slide
• lysbildet = the slide

Here, lysbilde is a neuter noun, so the definite singular ending is -et.

So:

• lysbilde = slide
• lysbildet = the slide

Why is lysbilde written as one word?

Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• lys = light
• bilde = picture/image
• lysbilde = slide / transparency / projected image

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English might use two words or sometimes a hyphen, Norwegian often prefers one single compound word.

What does legges mean here, and why does it end in -s?