Yes, another verb post. \u00a0Boring as it may be, verbs are very important! \u00a0Strong verbs are a bit trickier than weak verbs because they do not follow a pattern-strict memorization is key;) \u00a0They are especially tricky because some of them involve a vowel change.<\/p>\n
Some examples:<\/p>\n
| English<\/td>\n | Infinitve<\/td>\n | Past tense<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to see<\/td>\n | \u00e5 se<\/td>\n | s\u00e5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to receive<\/td>\n | \u00e5 f\u00e5<\/td>\n | fikk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to sleep<\/td>\n | \u00e5 sove<\/td>\n | sov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to drink<\/td>\n | \u00e5 drikke<\/td>\n | drakk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to become<\/td>\n | \u00e5 bli<\/td>\n | ble<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to partipate in or to do<\/td>\n | \u00e5 drive<\/td>\n | drev<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to go<\/td>\n | \u00e5 dra<\/td>\n | dro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to understand<\/td>\n | \u00e5 forst\u00e5<\/td>\n | forsto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to give<\/td>\n | \u00e5 gi<\/td>\n | gav<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to do<\/td>\n | \u00e5 gj\u00f8re<\/td>\n | gjorde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to come<\/td>\n | \u00e5 komme<\/td>\n | kom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to say<\/td>\n | \u00e5 si<\/td>\n | sa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to write<\/td>\n | \u00e5 skrive<\/td>\n | skrev<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to stand<\/td>\n | \u00e5 st\u00e5<\/td>\n | sto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to sing<\/td>\n | \u00e5 synge<\/td>\n | sang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to take<\/td>\n | \u00e5 ta<\/td>\n | tok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to meet<\/td>\n | \u00e5 treffe<\/td>\n | traff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| to be<\/td>\n | \u00e5 v\u00e6re<\/td>\n | var<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Note that most of these involve a vowel change. \u00a0If you can manage to memorize the 4 classes of weak verbs first, you will be much better off because then when you see a strong verb, you will pretty much know it because you will know that it doesn\u00b4t fit into the pattern of weak verbs:)<\/p>\n Try to use them in a sentence:<\/p>\n Jeg gav<\/span> broren min en plakat til jul.<\/strong> I gave my brother a poster for Christmas.<\/p>\n Familien min dro<\/span> til Florida tidlig i desember for \u00e5 bes\u00f8ke tanta mi<\/strong>. \u00a0My family went to Florida in early December to visit my aunt.<\/p>\n Han s\u00e5<\/span> en orm da vi var<\/span> p\u00e5 parken.<\/strong> He saw a snake when we were at the park.<\/p>\n Jeg traff <\/span>mora mi p\u00e5 kafe for \u00e5 spise lunsj<\/strong>. \u00a0I met my mom at a cafe to eat lunch.<\/p>\n Mange drakk<\/span> vin p\u00e5 festen<\/strong>. \u00a0Many drank wine at the party.<\/p>\n Vennina mi kom<\/span> til Minnesota for \u00e5 v\u00e6re med p\u00e5 nytt\u00e5rsfesten<\/strong>. \u00a0My friend came to Minnesota to come to the New Year\u00b4s party.<\/p>\n Jeg forsto<\/span> at han ville sove.<\/strong> I understood that he wanted to sleep.<\/p>\n Hun sang<\/span> i dusjen.<\/strong> She sang in the shower.<\/p>\n Jeg skrev<\/span> julekort i \u00e5r.<\/strong> I wrote Christmas cards this year.<\/p>\n De ble<\/span> sur da han s\u00f8lte golvet<\/strong>. \u00a0They became (got) upset when he soiled (spilled on) the floor.<\/p>\n Vi gjorde<\/span> alt vi kunne s\u00e5nn at alle hadde det bra i g\u00e5r<\/strong>. \u00a0We did all we could so that everyone had a good time yesterday.<\/p>\n Han sto<\/span> rett i veien.<\/strong> He stood right in the way.<\/p>\n I often wonder how these strong past tense verbs were formed in the first place. \u00a0It\u00b4s interesting for me to think about these kinds of things. \u00a0Why change the vowel? \u00a0Unfortunately, I have no clue. \u00a0Do you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yes, another verb post. \u00a0Boring as it may be, verbs are very important! \u00a0Strong verbs are a bit trickier than weak verbs because they do not follow a pattern-strict memorization is key;) \u00a0They are especially tricky because some of them involve a vowel change. Some examples: English Infinitve Past tense to see \u00e5 se s\u00e5…<\/p>\n |