Jeg lager te med en tepose og varmer kylling til middag.

I make tea with a tea bag and heat chicken for dinner.

Breakdown of Jeg lager te med en tepose og varmer kylling til middag.

• jeg: I
• en: a
• med: with
• og: and

Questions & Answers about Jeg lager te med en tepose og varmer kylling til middag.

Why is it lager te and not something like gjør te?

In Norwegian, lage is the normal verb for make / prepare when talking about food and drinks.

So:

• lage te = make tea
• lage middag = make dinner
• lage kaffe = make coffee

The verb gjøre usually means do, not make in this kind of context.

Why is there no article before te?

Norwegian often leaves out the article with uncountable or general food/drink nouns, just like English often does.

So:

• Jeg lager te = I’m making tea
• Jeg drikker kaffe = I drink coffee
• Vi spiser ris = We eat rice

You would use an article if you meant a specific tea in some contexts, but here te just means tea in general.

Why is it en tepose?

Tepose is a countable noun, so it takes an article when you mean a teabag.

• en tepose = a teabag
• teposen = the teabag