Breakdown of De skal stille ut maleriene.
skal
shall
de
they
maleriet
the painting
stille ut
to display; exhibit
Questions & Answers about De skal stille ut maleriene.
What does De mean here?
At the beginning of a sentence, De is capitalized automatically, so it does not by itself prove that it means formal you.
In modern Norwegian, de usually means they.
There is also an older/formal De meaning you, but that is much less common today.
So the meaning depends on context, not just the spelling at the start of the sentence.
What does skal mean in this sentence?
Skal is the present tense of skulle and is very often used with another verb to talk about:
- a plan
- something expected to happen
- something someone is going to do
- sometimes obligation
In this sentence, it most naturally means something like are going to or will.
So the structure is:
- De = subject
- skal = modal verb
- stille ut = main verb phrase
Why is there no å before stille?