Riktignok mister scenepartneren tråden, men bygger videre på innfallet.

Admittedly, the scene partner loses the thread, but builds on the sudden idea.

Breakdown of Riktignok mister scenepartneren tråden, men bygger videre på innfallet.

• scenepartneren: the scene partner
• innfallet: the sudden idea
• bygge videre på: to build on
• miste tråden: to lose the thread

Questions & Answers about Riktignok mister scenepartneren tråden, men bygger videre på innfallet.

What does riktignok mean here?

Riktignok means something like admittedly, granted, or it is true that. It often introduces a concession: you admit one thing is true, and then contrast it with something else.

In this sentence:

Riktignok mister scenepartneren tråden, men bygger videre på innfallet.

the pattern is basically:

Admittedly X, but Y.

So riktignok sets up the first part as a fact that is acknowledged, while men introduces the contrasting or balancing second part.

Why is it mister scenepartneren and not scenepartneren mister?

This is because Norwegian main clauses normally follow the V2 rule: the finite verb comes in the second position.

When the sentence starts with riktignok, that first position is already taken. So the verb mister has to come next:

• Riktignok mister scenepartneren tråden ...

If you started with the subject instead, you would get:

• Scenepartneren mister riktignok tråden ...

Both are possible, but they place the emphasis differently. Starting with riktignok makes the concessive idea more prominent.

What is scenepartneren exactly?