Programvaren virker ikke uten internett.

not

Breakdown of Programvaren virker ikke uten internett.

• uten: without
• internettet: the internet
• programvaren: the software

Questions & Answers about Programvaren virker ikke uten internett.

What does virker mean here, and can it have other meanings?

virker is the third-person singular present tense of virke, meaning to work or to function in this context. In other contexts, virke can also mean to seem or to appear (e.g. Det virker som om = It seems as if).

Why is Programvaren one word, and what does the -en ending indicate?

programvare means software. In Norwegian Bokmål, adding -en to a noun makes it definite, so programvaren literally means the software.

Why is ikke placed immediately after virker rather than at the end of the sentence?

Norwegian follows the V2 word-order rule in main clauses: the finite verb (virker) comes second, and the negative adverb (ikke) normally follows the verb. Hence virker ikke = doesn’t work.

Why is there no article before internett?

internett is treated as an uncountable noun when referring to internet access, so it takes no indefinite article. uten internett simply means without internet.