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Grammar

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Pronouns
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Demonstrative pronouns
Grammar  Demonstrative pronouns specify objects as well as distance
Pronunciation › to the objects.
Listening exercises ›
Denne and den is used with singular masculine and
Exercises › feminine nouns.

Vocabulary › Dette and det is used with singular neuter nouns.

Disse and de is used with plural nouns.

Extras ›

Grammar checker (external Note that the nouns following the demonstratives take the
link) › definite form: denne bilen etc..

Near: Far:
Masc. denne bilen this car den bilen that car
Fem. denne veska this handbag den veska that handbag
Neut. dette kartet this map det kartet that map
Plural disse bilene these cars de bilene those cars

Verbs
Infinitive
Some expressions with prepositions and some verbs are
followed by å + infinitive:

for å in order to Anna går til kassen for å betale .

å ha lyst want/would Hun har lyst til å kjøpe en norsk
til like to roman.
å begin Hun begynner å lese i boka.
begynne
å like like Hun liker å lese.

Auxiliary verbs without main verb (expressions

of motion)
In certain situations you can omit the main verb (the
infinitive) after the auxiliary verb:

Ken vil (dra) hjem. → Ken vil hjem. Ken wants to go home
Anna skal (gå) ut. → Anna skal ut. Anna is going out

Adjectives
In Chapter 3 we learnt the main pattern for adjectives: Most
adjectives add -t in the neuter and -e in the plural.

Attributive form
Singular Plural
Masc. Fem. Neut.  
en brun ei brun et brunt brune
stol seng bord stoler/senger/bord
a brown a brown a brown brown
chair bed table chairs/beds/tables

Predicative form
Singular Plural
Masc. Fem. Neut.  
Stolen er Senga er Bordet Stolene/sengene/bordene er
brun brun er brunt brune stoler/senger/bord
The chair The bed The table The chairs/beds/tables are
is brown is brown is brown brown

There are however some other patterns for adjectives as

well:

Other patterns
  Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural
1. en ny bil ei ny veske et nytt skjerf nye biler
2. en billig bil ei billig veske et billig skjerf billige biler
3. en tysk bil ei tysk veske et tysk skjerf tyske biler
4. en praktisk ei praktisk et praktisk praktiske
bil veske skjerf biler
5. en moderne ei moderne et moderne moderne
bil veske skjerf biler
6. en grønn bil ei grønn veske et grønt skjerf grønne
biler
1. One-syllable adjectives ending in a stressed vowel take -
tt in the neuter (ny - new).
2. Adjectives ending in -ig take no -t in the neuter (billig -
cheap).
3. Adjectives denoting nationalities ending in -sk take no -t
in the neuter (tysk - German).
4. Foreign adjectives ending in -isk take no -t in the neuter
(praktisk - practical).
5. Adjectives ending in -e take no -t in the neuter (moderne -
modern).
6. Most adjectives with a double consonant drop one
consonant before -t (grønn - green).

Quizlet

Two special adjectives

Liten (small) and annen (other) are irregular adjectives.

Attributive form
Singular Plural
Masc. Fem. Neut.  
en liten bil ei lita bok et lite skjerf små
biler/bøker/skjerf
a small car a small a small scarf small
book cars/books/scarfs
en annen ei anna et annet andre
bil bok skjerf biler/bøker/skjerf
another another another other
car book scarf cars/books/scarfs

Predicative form
Singular Plural
Masc. Fem. Neut.  
Bilen er Boka er Skjerfet er Bilene/bøkene/skjerfene
liten lita lite er små
 The car is The book The scarf is The cars/books/scarves
small is small small are small

Annen (other) is not used in predicative form.

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