Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Å falle = To fall (Uke 20)

Alice faller. Foto: Kjetil Nordø.

The Verb of the Week is å falle, "to fall".

Here are some conjugations of this regular verb --

jeg faller = I fall (present tense)
jeg har falt = I have fallen (present perfect)
jeg falt = I fell (past)
jeg hadde falt = I had fallen (past perfect)
jeg vil falle = I will fall (future)

and some sentences using it --

Barometeret faller. Det kommer til å bli storm.
The barometer is falling. There will be a storm.

Han har falt av sykkelen og brukket håndleddet.
He has fallen off the bicycle and broken his wrist.

I denne boka faller Alice ned et kaninhull og har noen veldig merkelige eventyr.

In this book, Alice falls down a rabbit hole and has many strange adventures.