Practice Norwegian

Basic Grammar #11 - Past tense with Perfektum, or Present Perfect! "Har spist" etc..


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The second past tense in Norwegian is called "Perfektum", and is formed as follows:

Han rydder stua.

Han ryddet stua.
Han har ryddet stua.

Han spiser middag.

Han spiste middag.
Han har spist middag.

The general rule is this: Put "har" in front, and then the simple past form - but if that ends on a vowel; cut if off..

Some exceptions:

går - gikk - har gått
ser - så - har sett
er - var - har vært

To switch to present perfect::

Han går til tannlegen.
De er på fjelltur.

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For a great list of 400 verbs with tenses and translation - download it here: https://gumroad.com/practicenorwegian!

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