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Questions & Answers about Er du overrasket?
Is overrasket a verb or an adjective here?
It is a past participle (a verb form) acting as an adjective to describe a feeling. It comes from the infinitive verb at overraske (to surprise).
Does overrasket change if I am asking more than one person?
Yes! When you talk about more than one person, the adjective needs to be plural. You do this by adding an -e to the end. To ask 'Are you (plural) surprised?', you would say Er I overraskede?
How do I say that a movie or a situation is surprising rather than surprised?
To describe something that causes the feeling (surprising), you use the present participle ending -ende. For example, 'a surprising movie' is en overraskende film.
How would I ask this in the past tense ('Were you surprised?')?
You only need to change the main verb er (are) to its past tense form var (were). The sentence becomes Var du overrasket? and the descriptive word overrasket stays exactly the same.