Norwegian, Bokmål
Conjugate VerbsFacts
- Language: Norwegian, Bokmål
- Alternate names: Bokmål, Bokmaal, Norwegian
- Language code: nob
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, North Germanic, West Scandinavian, Norwegian
- Dialects: Norwegian, Inner Trøndelag, Norwegian, Särna and Idre, Norwegian, Wisconsin.
- Number of speakers: No estimate available
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Norwegian Bokmål is the most commonly used of the two official written standards of Norwegian, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by around 85% of the population (regardless of dialect) and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of Norwegian language.
Dialects
- West and South Norwegian
- South Norwegian
- South-West Norwegian
- Bergen Norwegian
- North-West Norwegian
- North Norwegian
- Helgeland Norwegian
- Nordland Norwegian
- Troms Norwegian
- Finnmark Norwegian
- East Norwegian
- Vikvær Norwegian
- Middle East Norwegian
- Oppland Norwegian
- Østerdal Norwegian
- Särna and Idre Norwegian [dnobs]
- Midland Norwegian
- Gudbrandsdal Norwegian
- Valdres and Hallingdal Norwegian
- Western Telemark Norwegian
- Eastern Telemark Norwegian
- Trøndelag Norwegian
- Outer Trøndelag Norwegian
- Inner Trøndelag Norwegian [dnobf]
- Trondheim Norwegian
- Namdal Norwegian
- South-eastern Trøndersk
- Jämtlandic [dswej]
- American Norwegian
- Norwegian, Wisconsin [dnobw]
The Verb
Verbs do not inflect for person or number. They inflect for the present tense, past tense, imperative and indicative mood. Other tenses are formed by combinations of auxiliary verbs with infinitives or past participle.
All Norwegian verbs can be classified either as regular or irregular.
Regular verbs are divided into four groups, according to how the past is formed.
- Verbs ending in a stressed vowel in the infinitive form the past by adding -dde.
- if the verb stem ends in a diphthong, the past is formed by adding -de.
- if the verb stem ends in a single consonant, the past is formed by adding -te.
- If the stem ends in more than one consonant, the past is formed by adding -et.
Sample verb: bo
| Infinitive | å bo |
| Imperative | bo! |
| Present | bor |
| Past | bodde |
| Past participle | bodd |
More Verbs
- bo to live,
- eie to own,
- høre to hear,
- lese to read,
- leve to live,
- pleie to be accustomed to,
- snakke to talk,
- sy to sew,
- vaske to wash.
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References
- Lindgren, J.V.. Dansk och Norsk grammatik. P.A. Nordstedt & söners Förlag. Stockholm, 1925. [PDF]
- Strandskogen, Åse-Berit and Rolf. Norwegian - An essential grammar. Essential grammars. London, 1995.