Essen Grammars | Norwegian eae Sorecl | Grammar P Pees melts! Rolf Strandskogen } Cee SSeS eae ee ee ee eeNORWEGIAN: AN ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR Ase-Berit and Rolf Strandskogen Translated by Barbara White QR London and New YorkFirst published in 1986 by Oris Forlag, Norway Second edition 1989 Republished 1995 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York NY 10001 © Oris Forlag, Norway 1986 Printed in Great Britain by TJ Press (Padstow) Ltd, Cornwall Printed on acid-free paper All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Strandskogen, Ase-Berit. [Norsk grammatikk for utlendinger. English) Norwegian: a practical grammar / Ase-Berit and Rolf Strandskogen; translated by Barbara White. Includes index. 1. Norwegian language-Grammar. 2. Norwegian language-Textbooks for foreign speakers-English. |. Strandskogen, Rolf. Il. Title. PD2623.S88 1994 93-45628 439.8'282421-de20 CIP ISBN 0-415-10979-5 Contents Preface I Parts of speech VERBS INFINITIVE IMPERATIVE ... SUBJUNCTIVE .. INDICATIVE . Active Passive Present Past (Imperfect) Perfect Pluperfect Future ... Future Perfect Conditional Conditional Perfect : The Continuous Aspect .... SEQUENCE OF TENSES . MODAL AUXILIARIES . Modal auxiliaries without a main verb ‘ TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS Conjugation of some intransitive and transitive verbs . zi SEPARABLE AND INSEPARABLE COMPOUND VERBS PRESENT PARTICIPUE: 3s iss sssresie 5 223 veouwnm era ees eoene VERBS ENDING IN -S CONJUGATIONS ARTICLES .. FORM . Articles in relation to nouns . Articles in relation to adjectives 3 45 45 45 46