{"id":16,"date":"2008-12-05T10:08:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=16"},"modified":"2008-12-05T10:08:55","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T14:08:55","slug":"think-think-and-think-why-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/think-think-and-think-why-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Think, think, and think-why 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tror, synes, tenker<\/strong>.\u00a0 Think, think, think.<\/p>\n<p>I usually say that Norwegian grammar is pretty easy, but one\u00a0component\u00a0for which I sympathize with beginners is the English word &#8220;to think.&#8221;\u00a0 In truth, English\u00a0employs many different words\u00a0that have the same meaning.\u00a0 For example, &#8220;to\u00a0 weigh&#8221;\u00a0 We can weigh a certain amount of pounds, or we can weigh our odds, or we can weigh something down.\u00a0 The following is an example of one general <em>meaning<\/em> that is represented by 3 different words: <strong>tror, synes, tenker<\/strong>.\u00a0 All three of these words are verbs\u00a0that can be used to say express thinking.\ufffd<\/p>\n<p>There are differences between the meanings of <strong>tror, stynes, and tenker <\/strong>that set them apart from each other.\u00a0 <strong>Tror <\/strong>is used when the subject believes something to be true.\u00a0\u00a0For example &#8220;I believe in God&#8221; (<strong>Jeg tror p\u00e5 Gud)<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Synes<\/strong> is used when the subject has an opinion about something\/somebody.\u00a0 For example, &#8220;I think she&#8217;s nice&#8221; (<strong>Jeg synes at hun er snill<\/strong>).\u00a0 <strong>Tenker <\/strong>is used to signify the action of thinking.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m thinking about what they said&#8221; <strong>(Jeg tenker om det de sa.<\/strong>)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many beginners of the Norwegian language confuse these three words when they want to express something about thinking or feeling.\u00a0 In addition to the few examples that I gave in the preceeding paragraph in Norwegian, there are many other different ways to use the words.\u00a0 <strong>Jeg tror p\u00e5 Gud <\/strong>(I believe in God) or <strong>Hun synes at time er kjedelig<\/strong> (She thinks that class is boring) or <strong>Vi tenker p\u00e5 deg <\/strong>(we&#8217;re thinking of you).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to these three words that describe different ways in which we think, it is always a good idea to consult a dictionary or a Norwegian grammar reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tror, synes, tenker.\u00a0 Think, think, think. I usually say that Norwegian grammar is pretty easy, but one\u00a0component\u00a0for which I sympathize with beginners is the English word &#8220;to think.&#8221;\u00a0 In truth, English\u00a0employs many different words\u00a0that have the same meaning.\u00a0 For example, &#8220;to\u00a0 weigh&#8221;\u00a0 We can weigh a certain amount of pounds, or we can weigh our&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/think-think-and-think-why-3\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-language"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}