{"id":2112,"date":"2015-08-27T22:26:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T22:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2015-08-27T22:26:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T22:26:43","slug":"strong-verbs-are-not-random","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/strong-verbs-are-not-random\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong verbs are not random"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s time to take a look at grammatikk<\/b> (grammar) again. (I bet you\u2019ve savnet <\/b>\u2013 missed \u2013 it!) If you \u2026 a certain kind of very active words, you can hardly \u2026 a sentence. In other words: <\/i>Verbs are a necessary evil! :-]<\/p>\n

Kari <\/b>spiser<\/b> is. Ola <\/b>spiste<\/b> is. Barna <\/b>har spist<\/b> is.<\/b> (Kari eats ice-cream. Ola ate\u2026 The kids have eaten\u2026)<\/p>\n

As you know, ordinary \u2013 or \u201dweak\u201d \u2013 verbs are piece of cake in Norwegian. You have a root (like spis-<\/b>), you add an ending (-te<\/b> or -et<\/b> in the past tense), and voila! The real problem comes with the \u201dstrong\u201d verbs, since they\u2019re irregular and you have to learn them by heart. It\u2019s a little bit like learning to count.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re the kind of learner that loves systems and little tables, however, I\u2019ve got some good news for you: There\u2019s a method in the madness!<\/p>\n

For example, if you know the inflection (the different forms) of \u00e5 g\u00e5<\/b> to go<\/i>, you can also inflect \u00e5 f\u00e5<\/b> to receive<\/i>:<\/p>\n

\u00e5 g\u00e5 \u2013 g\u00e5r \u2013 gikk \u2013 har g\u00e5tt<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 f\u00e5 \u2013 f\u00e5r \u2013 fikk \u2013 har f\u00e5tt<\/b><\/p>\n

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However, here comes to stand<\/i>: \u00e5 st\u00e5 \u2013 st\u00e5r \u2013 stod \u2013 har st\u00e5tt<\/b>. So, unfortunately, nothing is clear-cut in the strong verbs\u2019 gym! But at least there are some patterns to save you from the worst sweat! \u2019:-)<\/p>\n

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Have you noticed all the verbs that are inflected like \u00e5 bite<\/b> to bite<\/i>?<\/p>\n

\u00e5 bite \u2013 biter \u2013 beit <\/b>(or bet<\/b>) \u2013 har bitt<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 bli <\/b>to become <\/i>\u2013 blir<\/b> \u2013 blei <\/b>(or ble<\/b>) \u2013 har blitt<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 skrive<\/b> to write<\/i> \u2013 skriver \u2013 skreiv<\/b> (or skrev<\/b>) \u2013 har skrevet<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 skrike<\/b> to scream<\/i> \u2013 skriker<\/b> \u2013 skreik <\/b>(or skrek<\/b>) \u2013 har skreket<\/b><\/p>\n

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Then there\u2019s also a huge bunch of verbs echoing \u00e5 drikke<\/b> to drink<\/i>:<\/p>\n

\u00e5 drikke \u2013 drikker \u2013 drakk \u2013 har drukket<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 finne <\/b>to find<\/i> \u2013 finner \u2013 fant \u2013 har funnet\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 binde<\/b> to bind<\/i> \u2013 binder \u2013 bandt \u2013 har bundet<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 vinne <\/b>to win<\/i> \u2013 vinner \u2013 vant \u2013 har vunnet<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 hjelpe <\/b>to help<\/i> \u2013 hjelper \u2013 hjalp \u2013 har hjulpet<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Feel free to explore further patterns in your own list of wicked verbs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

It\u2019s time to take a look at grammatikk (grammar) again. (I bet you\u2019ve savnet \u2013 missed \u2013 it!) If you \u2026 a certain kind of very active words, you can hardly \u2026 a sentence. In other words: Verbs are a necessary evil! :-] Kari spiser is. Ola spiste is. Barna har spist is. (Kari eats…<\/p>\n

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