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Norwegian Past

This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Norwegian. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.

To see: Å se
To write: Å skrive
To love: Å elske
To give: Å gi
To play: Å spille / leke
To read: Å lese
To understand: Å forstå
To have: Å ha
To know: Å vite
To learn: Å lære
To think: Å tenke
To work: Å arbeide / jobbe
To speak: Å snakke
To drive: Å kjøre
To smile: Å smile
To find: Å finne

These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).

I saw you: Jeg så deg
I wrote with a pen: Jeg skrev med en penn
You loved apples: Du elsket epler
You gave money: Du gav penger
You played tennis: Du spilte tennis
He read (past) a book: Han las / leste en bok
He understood me: Han forsto / forstod meg
She had a cat: Hun hadde en katt
She knew my friend: Hun kjente vennen min
We wanted to learn: Vi ville lære
We thought Spanish is easy: Vi trodde spansk var lett
You (plural) worked here: Dere jobbet her
You (plural) spoke French: Dere snakket spansk
They drove a car: De kjørte en bil
They smiled: De smilte

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