Å spille = To play (Uke 35)

"Plastposen" (1986)

Å spille is the Verb of the Week. It means "to play," as in to play a musical instrument, a role, a trick, specific games, and so on. (For something like children playing, use å leke.)

du spiller = you (sing.) play (present tense)
du har spilt = you have played (present perfect tense)
du spilte = you played (past tense)
du har spilt = you have played (past perfect tense)
du vil spille = you will play (future tense)
du vil har spille = you will have played (future perfect)

La oss spille sjakk! Okay, hva med dam, da?
Let's play chess! Okay, then, how about checkers?

Hva var den filmen, den hvor Sverre Anker Ousdal spilte en bankraner?
What was that movie, the one where Sverre Anker Ousdal played a bankrobber?

Trond har spilt valdhornet i tre år nå. Han blir veldig flink.
Trond has played the french horn for three years now. He's getting quite good.

Hva spiller på Eldorado i kveld?
What's playing at the Eldorado this evening?

Å hete = To be named, called (Uke 34)

"Håkon den Gode og bøndene ved blotet på Mære" by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892). Haakon I, also known as Haakon the Good, was king of Norway from 934 to 961. Image source: Wikipedia

The Verb of the Week is "å hete", to be named or called. (For calling someone -- out the window perhaps -- use "å kalle".) This regular verb conjugates quite simply:

jeg heter = I am named/called (present tense)
jeg har hett = I have been named/called (present perfect tense)
jeg het = I was named/called (past tense)
jeg hadde hett = I had been named/called (past perfect)
jeg vil hete = I will be named/called (future)
jeg vil ha hett = I will have been named/called (future perfect)
jeg ville hete = I would be named/called (present conditional)
jeg ville ha hett = I would have been named/called (perfect conditional)

Here are some sentences using "å hete" --

Kom og se vår ny båt! Hun heter «Kronprinsessen».
Come and see our new boat! She is called “The Crown Princess”.

Da jeg var liten, jeg hadde en hund som het Sparky.
When I was a kid, I had a dog named Sparky.

Det har faktisk vært tolv konger av Norge som har hett Haakon.
In fact, twelve kings of Norway have been named Haakon.

Babyen skal hete Marius, etter sin oldefar.
The baby will be called Marius, after his great-grandfather.