Breakdown of Telefonen lades ved ladestasjonen i biblioteket.
Questions & Answers about Telefonen lades ved ladestasjonen i biblioteket.
lades is the present‐tense passive (often called the mediopassive) of the verb lade (“to charge”). In Norwegian you can form a simple passive by adding ‐s directly to the infinitive:
• lade → lades (“is charged”)
Both express the present passive, but in different ways:
• lades is the synthetic (-s) passive – shorter, common in writing.
• blir ladet uses the auxiliary bli + past participle – the periphrastic passive.
Meaning is nearly identical; choice is a style preference.
We’re talking about a specific phone and a specific charging station (the ones relevant in context). In Norwegian the definite article attaches as a suffix:
• telefon (indef.) → telefonen (def.)
• ladestasjon (indef.) → ladestasjonen (def.)
In Norwegian the article is a suffix added to the noun:
• bok → boken (“the book”)
In English you place a separate word before the noun:
• the + book
Yes. For example:
(Vi) lader telefonen ved ladestasjonen i biblioteket.
Here vi (“we”) is the subject actively doing the charging.