Sidebørsten starter; det er ikke dermed sagt at den virker.

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Breakdown of Sidebørsten starter; det er ikke dermed sagt at den virker.

• starte: to start
• virke: to work
• sidebørsten: the side brush

Questions & Answers about Sidebørsten starter; det er ikke dermed sagt at den virker.

What does sidebørsten mean, and why does it end in -en?

Sidebørsten means the side brush.

The ending -en is the usual Norwegian way of making a masculine noun definite:

• en sidebørste = a side brush
• sidebørsten = the side brush

So this sentence is talking about a specific side brush, not just any side brush.

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Why does the sentence use starter? Is that the same as starts in English?

Yes. Starter is the present tense of å starte = to start.

So:

• Sidebørsten starter = The side brush starts

In Norwegian, present tense verbs often end in -er:

• å starte → starter
• å virke → virker

This is simpler than English, because Norwegian does not change the verb depending on I / you / he / they.

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Could you also say begynner instead of starter?