Jeg tester telefonen.

I test the phone.

Breakdown of Jeg tester telefonen.

• jeg: I
• telefonen: the phone
• teste: to test

Questions & Answers about Jeg tester telefonen.

What does jeg mean in this sentence?

Jeg means I. It’s the first‐person singular pronoun in Norwegian, just like I in English.

What does tester mean and how is it formed?

Tester is the present tense of å teste, which means to test. In Norwegian you form the present by adding -er to the infinitive stem:
å teste → tester (I test, you test, he/she tests, etc.).

Why does telefonen end with -en?

Norwegian marks the definite form of common‐gender nouns with a suffix.
– en telefon = “a phone” (indefinite)
– telefonen = “the phone” (definite)

Could you say Jeg tester en telefon instead?

Yes.
– Jeg tester en telefon = “I’m testing a phone” (any phone, indefinite)
– Jeg tester telefonen = “I’m testing the phone” (a specific phone, definite)

Is the word order the same as in English?

Yes. Norwegian uses Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order just like English:
Subject (Jeg) + Verb (tester) + Object (telefonen).

How would you turn this into a question?

Invert the verb and subject:
Tester jeg telefonen?
This literally becomes “Test am I the phone?” but means “Am I testing the phone?”

What’s the difference between å teste and å prøve?

– Å teste = to test in a technical or formal sense (e.g. checking functionality).
– Å prøve = to try or attempt something (e.g. trying out a new phone casually).