After that she looked carefully at money before she (take) it.

One time someone (give) her counterfeit (fake) money when he (pay) for the item he wanted. She usually (make) a profit, though she (have) a few bad experiences. People like to shop at swap meets because prices are often much lower than in stores.) Marie (buy) things that (be-plural) inexpensive, and she (take) them to a different swap meet and (sell) them for a little more. (Swap meets are outdoor markets where many people sell new or used things. A subordinate clause typically starts with a subordinating conjunction.Before she (get) sick, Marie often (go) to swap meets. Peter liker ikke te, men han drikker kaffe.Ī subordinate clause is a dependent sentence. The conjunctions og ( and) and men ( but) start main clauses: Peter bor på Moholt, og han studerer på NTNU. The verb (finite verb) is the second element, except in questions without a question word where the verb is in initial position: Peter bor på Moholt.Īdverbs like ikke ( not) are placed after the verb: Peter kommer ikke fra England. Main clausesĪ main clause is an independent sentence. There are two types of clauses in Norwegian: main clauses and subordinate clauses.

Note the irregular form of liten ( small): Singular

In Norwegian, definite form is marked twice: first by the definite article ( den, det, de) and then by the definite form of the noun (bil en). In English there is only one element that expresses definite form ( the big car). The so-called double definite construction is special. In addition, the adjectives require the definite articles: den, det and de which agree in gender and number with the noun: den + store + bil en = den store bilen ( the big car). Then the adjectives end in - e (just like the plural form). However, attributive adjectives can also describe definite nouns (i.e. In en stor bil the adjective is placed in front of a noun in indefinite form. as predicates after verbs like å være ( to be): The adjective appears, as we have seen in Chapter 3 and 4, in the following positions: - as attributes (in front of) describing indefinite nouns: Peter has been in Trondheim for one week and he is still in Trondheim. The present perfect is also used when something started in the past and is still going on: Peter har vært i Trondheim i ei uke. The present perfect is used when we are focused on the consequences of an event and not the time when it happened: Ken har kjøpt ei jakke. has bought) is formed with the verb å ha ( to have) and the past participle of the main verb: har + kjøpt = har kjøpt.

English irregular verbs table