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Questions & Answers about Noe skjedde underveis.
What does noe mean here?
Noe means something.
It is an indefinite pronoun, used when you do not specify exactly what the thing is. In this sentence, noe is the subject of the sentence:
Noe + skjedde + underveis
Something + happened + along the way / in the process
What form is skjedde?
Skjedde is the past tense of å skje, which means to happen.
So:
- å skje = to happen
- skjer = happens / is happening
- skjedde = happened
- har skjedd = has happened
In this sentence, skjedde tells you that the event happened in the past.
Why is there no word for did in the sentence?
Because Norwegian usually does not use a separate helping verb like English did to form a normal past statement.
English says:
- Something happened
Norwegian simply says:
- Noe skjedde
The past meaning is already built into skjedde, so no extra word is needed.
What does underveis mean exactly?