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Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. i motsatt fall otherwise, if not
   • stans, ellers går det galt stop, or it'll go wrong
   • det var Mona, hvem ellers? it was Mona, who else?
   • vi må gå, ellers kommer vi for sent we have to go, or we'll be late
2. i andre tilfeller;
   vanligvis in other cases;
   usually
   • gjøre som ellers to do as usual
   • den ellers så pratsomme Elsa satt taus i en krok Elsa, normally so talkative, sat silent in a corner
   • nei, ellers takk! no, thanks all the same!
3. på andre måter;
   utenom det nevnte;
   dessuten in other respects;
   apart from what has been mentioned;
   besides
   • ellers går det bra apart from that, things are fine
   • var det ellers noe? was there anything else?
   • Norge og verden ellers Norway and the rest of the world
4. forrestenby the way · come to think of it · anyway by the wayforresten
   • jeg er ellers i byen på den tiden as it happens, I'll be in town at that time