Å selge = To sell (Uke 27)

Å selge is the Verb of the Week -- it means "to sell".

jeg selger = I sell
du har solgt = you have sold
han solgte = he sold
hun hadde solgt = she had sold
vi vil selge = we will sell
dere vil ha solgt = they will have sold
de ville selge = you would sell

Torunn selger votter og bunadstrømper i sin butikk.
Torunn sells mittens and folk stockings at her shop.

Ibsen førsteutgaven? Jeg beklager, vi har solgt den allerede.
The Ibsen first edition? I'm sorry, we've sold it already.

Du solgte mine Toralf Tollefsen-plater? Å nei!
You sold my Toralf Tollefsen records? Oh, no!

Word of the day = Trekkspill (Dagens ord)

The word of the day is trekkspill, accordion. Lexin's definition: et musikkinstrument med tangenter og luftbelg til å holde i hendene, "a musical instrument with keyboard and bellows, held in the hands".

Trekkspillet is the definite singular ("the accordion").

Trekkspill is the indefinite plural ("accordions").

Trekkspillene is the definite plural ("the accordions").

Trekkspiller is "accordionist", one who plays the accordion.

Trekkspillernes, "the accordionists".

Toralf Tollefsen (1914-1994) was a famous accordionist from Fredrikstad. He began playing at the age of five, had a storied career in Norway and the UK as well as touring in America, and later in life was the founding president of the National Accordion Organisation of the United Kingdom.

Å kjøre = To drive (Uke 23)

Map from Multimap.

The Verb of the Week is å kjøre, "to drive".

jeg kjører = I drive (present tense)
jeg har kjørt = I have driven (present perfect tense)
jeg kjørte = I drove (past tense)
jeg hadde kjørt = I had driven (past perfect tense)
jeg vil kjøre = I will drive (future tense)
jeg vil ha kjørt = I will have driven (future perfect tense)
jeg ville kjøre = I would drive (present conditional tense)
jeg ville hadde kjørt = I would have driven (perfect conditional tense)

Kjør! = Drive! (imperative)

I morgen skal jeg kjøre til Sandefjord, og neste uke til Lillehammer.
Tomorrow I shall drive to Sandefjord, and next week to Lillehammer.

Nei, han kjørte bilen min -- hans er på bilverkstedet.
No, he drove my car -- his is in the shop.

Kjør til venstre ved neste kryss. [or, ta til venstre ...]
Turn left at the next corner.