De inngår en avtale.

they

Breakdown of De inngår en avtale.

• avtalen: the appointment
• en: an
• inngå: to enter into

Questions & Answers about De inngår en avtale.

What does De mean here: they or you?

At the start of a sentence, De can be ambiguous.

• de = they
• De = formal/polite you

Because the word is sentence-initial, it is capitalized anyway, so you need context to know which meaning is intended.

In modern everyday Norwegian, the polite De is quite rare, so in many ordinary contexts learners will first assume they. In formal or older-style language, though, De can definitely mean polite you.

What is the basic form of inngår?

The dictionary form is inngå.

Here are the most useful forms:

• infinitive: å inngå
• present tense: inngår
• past tense: inngikk
• past participle: inngått

So De inngår en avtale uses the present tense form.

Why is inngår one word? Is it the same as går inn?