Hun sikter mot målet.

she

Breakdown of Hun sikter mot målet.

• målet: the goal
• mot: toward
• sikte: to aim

Questions & Answers about Hun sikter mot målet.

What does hun mean, and how is it used?

Hun means she.

It is the subject pronoun here, the person doing the action.

• hun = she
• han = he
• jeg = I
• du = you

So in Hun sikter mot målet, hun is the one who is aiming.

What form is sikter?

Sikter is the present tense of the verb å sikte.

• å sikte = to aim
• sikter = aims / is aiming

Norwegian present tense is often formed by adding -r to the infinitive:

• å snakke → snakker
• å komme → kommer
• å sikte → sikter

So Hun sikter means She aims or She is aiming, depending on context.

Why doesn’t Norwegian use a separate word for is aiming?