Å håpe = To hope (Uke 43)

Marnardal folkebibliotek, Øyslebø, photo by Rolf Steinar Bergli.

The Verb of the Week for Week 43 is å håpe, "to hope". As in English, you can also hope for something, håpe på noe, or hope to do something, håpe å gjøre noe.

Here are the conjugations of this regular verb --

han håper = he hopes (present tense)
han har håpet = he has hoped (present perfect)
han håpet (occasionally han håpte) = he hoped (past)
han hadde håpet = he had hoped (past perfect)
han vil håpe = he will hope (future)
han vil ha håpet = he will have hoped (future perfect)
han ville håpe = he would hope (present conditional)
han ville ha håpet = he will have hoped (perfect conditional)

and here are some sentences using it --

Jeg håper at de har den nye boka til Karin Fossum. Jeg har ventet i flere uker.
I hope they have that new Karin Fossum book. I've been waiting for weeks.

Han fikk jobben med Husbanken, slik han håpet.
He got the job with the Norwegian State Housing Bank, as he hoped.

Kjell hadde håpet å låne litt penger, men jeg sa nei.
Kjell had hoped to borrow some money, but I told him no.