Word
Krigen forvandlet byen.
Meaning
The war transformed the city.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Krigen forvandlet byen.
Why do krig and by appear as krigen and byen?
Because both nouns are in the definite singular form:
- en krig = a war
krigen = the war
- en by = a town / a city
- byen = the town / the city
In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix, instead of being a separate word like the in English.
Why is it forvandlet and not forvandlet?
Forvandlet is the correct past tense form of the verb å forvandle (to transform).
Many Norwegian verbs in -e form the past tense with -et or -te, depending on the verb pattern. For å forvandle, the common past form is:
- å forvandle = to transform
- forvandlet = transformed
So in this sentence, forvandlet tells you that the action happened in the past.
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