Printeren på kontoret virker igjen, men kopimaskinen lager fortsatt problemer.

In Norwegian, the definite article the is usually attached to the end of the noun.

• printeren = the printer
• kontoret = the office
• kopimaskinen = the photocopier / copy machine

The ending depends on the noun’s gender:

• common gender nouns often take -en
• neuter nouns often take -et

So here:

• printer → printeren
• kopimaskin → kopimaskinen
• kontor → kontoret

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• kopi
  • maskin → kopimaskin

Then the definite ending is added:

• kopimaskin → kopimaskinen

This is very common in Norwegian. English often separates these words, but Norwegian usually combines them.

På kontoret is the normal idiomatic expression for at the office or in the office.

Norwegian often uses på with workplaces and similar locations:

• på kontoret = at the office
• på skolen = at school
• på jobb = at work

Using i would sound less natural here unless you were emphasizing being physically inside a room or space. In everyday usage, på kontoret is the standard choice.

Here virker means works or is functioning.

It is the present tense of virke, which can have several meanings depending on context, such as:

• function / work
• seem / appear
• have an effect

With a machine like a printer, the meaning is clearly works / functions.

Here igjen means again, in the sense of once more or back to normal.

So virker igjen means the printer was not working before, but now it works again.

In many contexts, igjen can mean:

• again
• back
• in return

In this sentence, again is the natural meaning.

Because Norwegian often uses the simple present where English might use either the simple present or the present progressive.

So:

• virker can mean works
• but in context it can also correspond to is working

The same is true for lager:

• lager = makes
• but depending on context it can also match is making / is causing

Norwegian does not normally need a separate verb like English is for this kind of sentence.

Literally, lager problemer means makes problems, but idiomatically it means causes problems or creates trouble.

So kopimaskinen lager fortsatt problemer means the copier is still giving trouble.

Yes, this is natural Norwegian. It suggests that the machine is still troublesome for people using it.

Yes, you could, but the nuance is slightly different.

• har fortsatt problemer = still has problems
• lager fortsatt problemer = is still causing problems / still giving trouble

The version with har focuses more on the machine’s condition. The version with lager focuses more on the trouble it creates.

Both are possible, but lager fortsatt problemer sounds a bit more vivid.

That is a normal position for an adverb like fortsatt in a main clause.

The structure here is:

• kopimaskinen = subject
• lager = finite verb
• fortsatt = adverb
• problemer = object

So the sentence follows a very common pattern:

subject + verb + adverb + object

Other word orders are possible in some contexts, but this one is the most neutral and natural here.

Because men joins two full main clauses:

• Printeren på kontoret virker igjen
• kopimaskinen lager fortsatt problemer

In Norwegian, it is standard to put a comma before men when it connects two independent clauses like this.

No. Men is a coordinating conjunction, so the second clause keeps normal main-clause word order.

That is why we get:

• men kopimaskinen lager fortsatt problemer

and not:

• men lager kopimaskinen fortsatt problemer

The normal pattern is still:

subject + verb + rest

So men connects the clauses, but it does not itself trigger inversion.