8.1 Introduction
Verbs are words that describe action or state of being.
Example: Hei, jeg heter Monika. Jeg vokste opp i Bergen, men nå er jeg student ved Universitetet i Oslo. Jeg har bodd her i to år og trives godt. Neste år skal jeg studere ett år ved et universitet i USA, fordi jeg vil gjerne forbedre engelsken min.
Verbs have many different forms that express time, voice, and modality. Some of these forms are finite and can be used by themselves in sentences, but others must be used with helping verbs.
As you learn about verbs, you should keep track of the four main parts.
Infinitive |
Present tense |
Past tense |
Present Perfect |
| skrive (write) |
skriver (write/s) |
skrev (wrote) |
har skrevet (have/has written) |