Breakdown of Rettmasker og vrangmasker brukes i vrangborden.
i
in
og
and
bruke
to use
rettmasken
the knit stitch
Questions & Answers about Rettmasker og vrangmasker brukes i vrangborden.
Why do rettmasker and vrangmasker both end in -er?
Because they are plural nouns.
- en maske = a stitch
- masker = stitches
So:
- rettmaske = a knit stitch
- rettmasker = knit stitches
- vrangmaske = a purl stitch
- vrangmasker = purl stitches
The sentence is talking about these stitches in general, so the plural makes sense.
What kind of words are rettmasker and vrangmasker?
They are compound nouns, which are very common in Norwegian.
- rett + masker → rettmasker
- vrang + masker → vrangmasker
A compound noun joins two ideas into one word. English does this too sometimes, but Norwegian does it even more often, and it usually writes them as one word, not two.
Why is it brukes and not bruker?
Brukes is the passive form of the verb å bruke (to use).
- bruker = use / are using
- brukes = is used / are used
So:
- Rettmasker og vrangmasker brukes ... = Knit stitches and purl stitches are used ...
This is a very common way to make general statements in Norwegian.