Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Å bruke = To use (Uke 36)

Kild: Wikipedia.

Å bruke is the Verb of the Week for week 36.  It means "to use", and sometimes "to consume".

Here are the conjugations of this verb:

hun bruker = she uses (present tense)
hun har brukt = she has used (present perfect tense)
hun brukte = she used (past tense)
hun hadde brukt = she had used (past perfect)
hun vil bruke = she will use (future)
hun vil ha brukt = she will have used (future perfect)
hun ville bruke = she would use (present conditional)
hun ville ha brukt = she would have used (perfect conditional)

Here are some sentences using this verb:

Ikke kast det bort! Jeg kan bruke det. 
Don’t throw that away! I can use it.

Jeg liker tittelsiden, Marit. Hvilken font brukte du?
I like the title page, Marit. Which font did you use?

Torvald har brukt opp to viskelær mens han gjorde sine algebra-lekser. 
Torvald has used up two erasers doing his algebra homework.