Breakdown of De kontrollerer om aktivitetskravet gjelder i fellesperioden.
de
they
kontrollere
to check
gjelde
to apply
om
whether
Questions & Answers about De kontrollerer om aktivitetskravet gjelder i fellesperioden.
Does De mean they or the formal you here?
Because De is at the beginning of the sentence, it is capitalized anyway, so the capital letter does not by itself tell you which meaning it has.
In modern Norwegian, de usually means they. There is also an older or very formal De meaning you, but that is much less common and normally clear from context.
So in a sentence like this, a learner would usually understand De as they, unless the wider context clearly shows formal address.
What form is kontrollerer?
Kontrollerer is the present tense of å kontrollere.
- å kontrollere = to check / to verify / to inspect
- kontrollerer = check(s) / are checking
In Bokmål, many verbs form the present tense with -er:
- å kontrollere → kontrollerer
- å gjelde → gjelder
So De kontrollerer means they check or they are checking, depending on context.
What does om mean here?