Questions & Answers about Hun trenger medisinsk hjelp.
What form is trenger?
Trenger is the present tense of the verb å trenge.
- å trenge = to need
- trenger = need / needs
So in this sentence, hun trenger means she needs.
A few related forms:
- å trenge = infinitive
- trenger = present
- trengte = past
- har trengt = has/have needed
Why is it hun and not henne?
Because hun is the subject form of the pronoun, and here she is the one doing the action of needing.
- hun = she
- henne = her
So:
- Hun trenger medisinsk hjelp. = She needs medical help.
- Jeg ser henne. = I see her.
English also makes this distinction:
- she needs
- I see her
Why is there no separate form for is needing or is in need of here?