Questions & Answers about Hun tror sjelen lever.
Hun means she.
It is the standard Norwegian subject pronoun for a female person. In this sentence, hun is the subject of tror.
So the basic structure is:
- Hun = she
- tror = believes / thinks
- sjelen lever = the soul lives / is alive
Tro usually means believe or think in the sense of having an opinion or belief.
So Hun tror sjelen lever means she believes that the soul lives / is alive.
By contrast, tenke is more about thinking in your mind, reflecting, or considering something. A native English speaker often overuses tenke because English think covers both ideas.
A useful shortcut:
- tro = believe, suppose, think something is true
- tenke = think, reflect, plan, have thoughts
In this sentence, tro is the natural choice because it expresses belief.
Norwegian often leaves out at after verbs like tro.
So both of these are correct:
- Hun tror sjelen lever.
- Hun tror at sjelen lever.
They mean the same thing.
This is very common in everyday Norwegian. English often needs that in explanations, but Norwegian frequently drops at when it is easy to understand the sentence without it.