Photo by foistclub on Flickr.The Verb of the Week for Week 31 is å bli. It can have many meanings in Norwegian, including "to become, to stay, to be".
As an auxiliary verb, bli combined with the past particple of another verb forms the passive voice: Døra blei åpnet, "the door was opened".
Here are the conjugations of this irregular verb:
du blir = you (sing.) are (present tense)
du er/har blitt = you have been (present perfect tense)
du ble, blei = you were (past tense)
du var/har blitt = you had been (past perfect)
du vil bli, blive = you will be (future)
du vil være blitt = you will have been (future perfect)
du ville bli, blive = you would be (present conditional)
du ville være blitt = you would have been (perfect conditional)
And here are some sentences using it:
Torvald har blitt syk, så han blir ikke med oss.
Torvald got sick, so he couldn't come with us.
Hvor lenge vil du bli i Stavanger?
How long will you be in Stavanger?
Mads sier at han kan fikse sykkelen min, men om det blir i morgen eller torsdag vet han ikke.
Mads says he can fix my bike, but whether it will be tomorrow or Thursday he doesn't know.
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