Monday, January 6, 2014

Å ha = To have (Uke 2)

Baksiden av en Delaware statlige-quarter.

Å ha, "to have, to possess", the Verb of the Week for Week 2, is one of the most common verbs in Norwegian.

Ha det! is an often-heard farewell in Norway -- it is short for ha det bra, "be well, take care of yourself" [lit. "have it well"].

han har = he has (present tense)
han har hatt = he has had (present perfect tense)
han hadde = he had (past tense)
han hadde hatt = he has had (past perfect tense)
han vil ha = he will have (future)
han vil ha hat = he will have had (future perfect)
han ville ha = he would have (present conditional)
han ville ha hatt = he would have had (perfect conditional)

Hva er klokken? Jeg har ikke armbåndsur min.
What time is it? I don't have my watch.

Hvis jeg hadde en iPod, kunne jeg lytte til denne norske podcaster oftere....
If I had an iPod, I could listen to those Norwegian podcasts more often....

Hun ville ha kommet, men hun har mye lekser.
She would have come, but she has a lot of homework.

Når Torvald finner Delaware og Idaho, vil han ha hele samlingen av statlige-quarters.
When Torvald finds Delaware and Idaho, he will have the whole set of state quarters.