Stien går på tvers av skogen.

to go

Breakdown of Stien går på tvers av skogen.

• skogen: the forest
• stien: the trail
• på tvers av: across

Questions & Answers about Stien går på tvers av skogen.

Why is it stien and not sti?

Sti means path or trail in the indefinite form.

• en sti = a path
• stien = the path

So stien går på tvers av skogen means the path ..., not a path ....

The ending -en is the normal definite ending for many masculine nouns in Norwegian.

Why is går used here? A path cannot literally walk.

In Norwegian, gå does not only mean to walk. It can also be used for things like roads, paths, lines, borders, and routes to mean:

• go
• run
• lead
• stretch

So in this sentence, går means something like runs or goes.

A very natural English translation would be:

• The path runs across the forest
• The path goes across the forest

What does på tvers av mean?