Questions & Answers about Hun hører en mystisk lyd.
What is the grammatical role of each word in Hun hører en mystisk lyd?
- Hun = subject pronoun
- hører = finite verb, present tense of å høre
- en mystisk lyd = direct object
Inside the object:
- en = indefinite article
- mystisk = adjective
- lyd = noun
So the whole sentence follows the very common pattern subject + verb + object.
What tense is hører, and does the verb change depending on who is doing the action?
Hører is present tense.
The infinitive is å høre = to hear.
The present tense is hører = hear / hears.
A very important difference from English is that Norwegian verbs usually do not change for person:
- jeg hører
- du hører
- hun hører
- vi hører
So Norwegian does not add a special ending like English hears with -s.
What is the difference between høre and lytte?