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Nynorsk Verb "To Be"
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23 December 2009 at 2:42pm | IP Logged

Hi, I'm looking for some information about the Nynorsk verb "to be". How is it conjugated?

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ewomahony wrote:

Hi, I'm looking for some information about the Nynorsk verb "to be". How is it conjugated?

å vere - er - var - har vore
(infinitive - present - preteritum - present perfect)

The Bokmålsordbok and Nynorskordbok are available for free online here.
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Thanks alot, and are the pronouns the same?
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24 December 2009 at 10:30am | IP Logged

There are some differences in the pronouns between bokmål and nynorsk.
There's a nice little overview here.

The trickiest thing is de, which is the third person plural subject pronoun in bokmål, but the second person plural subject pronoun in nynorsk. Nynorsk has dei for the third person.

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Alternately: å vera - er - var - har vori

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