Hun misliker været.

she

Breakdown of Hun misliker været.

• været: the weather
• mislike: to dislike

Questions & Answers about Hun misliker været.

What part of speech is each word in Hun misliker været?

• Hun = pronoun (she)
• misliker = verb in the present tense
• været = noun in the definite form (the weather)

So the sentence structure is:

• subject
  • verb
    • object

That is a very normal Norwegian word order in a main clause.

What is the base form of misliker?

The base form is å mislike, which means to dislike.

Some common forms are:

• å mislike = to dislike
• misliker = dislike / dislikes
• mislikte = disliked
• har mislikt = have/has disliked

In this sentence, misliker is present tense.

Why is it misliker and not mislike?

Because Norwegian verbs usually change form in the present tense.

For many verbs, the infinitive ends in -e, and the present tense ends in -er:

• å like → liker
• å mislike → misliker
• å snakke → snakker

So hun misliker means she dislikes.

Why does været end in ?