Vi ruller ut liggeunderlaget på gulvet.

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Breakdown of Vi ruller ut liggeunderlaget på gulvet.

• på: on
• gulvet: the floor
• rulle ut: to roll out

Questions & Answers about Vi ruller ut liggeunderlaget på gulvet.

Why is ruller ut written as two words?

Because å rulle ut is a verb plus a particle, similar to English roll out.

• ruller = roll / are rolling
• ut = out

In main clauses, Norwegian often splits these:

• Vi ruller ut liggeunderlaget.

But in the infinitive, they stay together conceptually:

• å rulle ut

This is very similar to English phrasal verbs.

What is the basic form of ruller?

The basic form is å rulle, which means to roll.

Here, ruller is the present tense:

• jeg ruller = I roll / I am rolling
• vi ruller = we roll / we are rolling

Norwegian present tense often ends in -r.

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