Vi bruker metoden.

Vi means we.

It is normally written in lowercase unless it begins a sentence, as it does here. Norwegian does not capitalize pronouns like English I.

Bruker is the present tense of å bruke, which means to use.

So:

• å bruke = to use
• bruker = use / are using

In this sentence, Vi bruker metoden means We use the method or We are using the method, depending on context.

In Norwegian, verbs do not change according to the subject the way they do in English.

So you get:

• jeg bruker = I use
• du bruker = you use
• vi bruker = we use
• de bruker = they use

The verb form stays the same.

Metoden is the definite form of metode.

• en metode = a method
• metoden = the method

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

So:

• Vi bruker metode would sound incomplete or unnatural in most contexts.
• Vi bruker en metode = We use a method
• Vi bruker metoden = We use the method

In Norwegian, nouns have grammatical gender, and metode is usually a masculine noun:

• en metode
• metoden

In Bokmål, many masculine nouns can sometimes also be treated as feminine in general, but metode is most commonly used as an en noun.

The word order is:

subject + verb + object

• Vi = subject
• bruker = verb
• metoden = object

This is the normal word order for a simple main clause in Norwegian, just like in English:

• We use the method.

Yes. Bruker can also be a noun meaning user.

For example:

• en bruker = a user
• brukeren = the user

But in Vi bruker metoden, it is clearly a verb, because it comes after the subject vi and before the object metoden.

Yes. Norwegian present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous.

So Vi bruker metoden can mean:

• We use the method
• We are using the method

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

You usually place ikke after the verb in a main clause:

• Vi bruker ikke metoden. = We do not use the method.

That placement is very important in Norwegian sentence structure.

A rough guide is:

vee BROO-ker meh-TOH-den

A few notes:

• vi sounds roughly like vee
• bruker has a long u sound, somewhat like broo
• metoden has the stress on the to syllable: meh-TO-den

Exact pronunciation varies a bit by dialect, but this is a good starting point.

Yes, you could. Anvende also means to apply / use, and Vi anvender metoden is grammatical.

But bruke is the more common everyday verb for use.
Anvende can sound a bit more formal or technical.

You would say:

Vi bruker denne metoden.

Here:

• denne = this
• metoden = the method

Notice that in Norwegian, when you use a demonstrative like denne, the noun still stays in the definite form:

• denne metoden = this method