Monday, November 8, 2010

Å møte = To meet (Uke 45)

Queen Sonja of Norway. Source: Wikipedia

Å møte, "to meet" is the Verb of the Week for week 45. Generally it is a transitive verb, taking a direct object -- that is, the person or thing that is met -- but it can also be intransitive, as when a group "meets".

vi møter = we meet (present tense)
vi har møtt = we have met (present perfect tense)
vi møtte = we met (past tense)
vi hadde møtt = we had met (past perfect)
vi skal møte = we shall meet (future)
vi skal ha møtt = we shall have met (future perfect)
vi skulle møte = we would meet (present conditional)
vi skulle ha møtt = we would have met (perfect conditional)

Du er ikke som noen jente jeg har noensinne møtt.
You are not like any girl I have ever met.

Hun sier at hun kommer til å møte dronningen!
She says she's going to meet the Queen!

Bokklubben vår møter på fredagskveldene på kaféen.
Our book club meets on Friday evenings at the café.

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