Mikrochipen kontrolleres under helsesjekken.

to check

Breakdown of Mikrochipen kontrolleres under helsesjekken.

• under: during (an event)
• helsesjekken: the health check
• mikrochipen: the microchip

Questions & Answers about Mikrochipen kontrolleres under helsesjekken.

Why is there no separate word for the in mikrochipen and helsesjekken?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

• en mikrochip = a microchip
• mikrochipen = the microchip

And likewise:

• en helsesjekk = a health check
• helsesjekken = the health check

So the -en ending here means the.

Why does kontrolleres end in -es?

The ending -es shows a passive form in Norwegian. Here, kontrolleres means something like is checked or gets checked.

So:

• kontrollerer = checks / is checking
• kontrolleres = is checked

In this sentence, the focus is on what happens to the microchip, not on who does it.

Is kontrolleres the same as blir kontrollert?