DAB-radioen kan bruke solcellen.

to use

Breakdown of DAB-radioen kan bruke solcellen.

• kan: can
• DAB-radioen: the DAB radio
• solcellen: the solar cell

Questions & Answers about DAB-radioen kan bruke solcellen.

Why does DAB-radioen end in -en?

Because -en is the definite article attached to the end of the noun.

• en DAB-radio = a DAB radio
• DAB-radioen = the DAB radio

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added as a suffix rather than written as a separate word like English the.

Why is there a hyphen in DAB-radioen?

The hyphen is used because DAB is an abbreviation. In Norwegian, abbreviations are often linked to nouns with a hyphen.

So:

• DAB-radio = DAB radio
• DAB-radioen = the DAB radio

This is very common with abbreviations and letters in compounds.

What does kan mean here?

Kan usually means can in the sense of:

• ability
• possibility

In this sentence, it most naturally means that the DAB radio is able to or can use the solar cell.

It is the present tense of å kunne = to be able to / can.

Why is it kan bruke and not kan å bruke?