Questions & Answers about Vi fant massevis av avfall.
What does fant mean here, and what is its base form?
Fant is the past tense of finne, which means to find.
A useful set of forms is:
- finne = to find
- finner = find / am finding / are finding
- fant = found
- har funnet = have found
So Vi fant ... means We found ...
Is fant a regular verb form?
No. Finne is an irregular verb.
You cannot predict fant just by applying a simple regular ending, so it is one of those forms you should memorize:
- å finne
- finner
- fant
- har funnet
This is similar to English find – found – found, which is also irregular.
What does massevis av mean?
Massevis av means lots of, loads of, or a whole lot of.
It is used to show a large quantity of something. In tone, it is very natural and common, especially in everyday language.
Compare:
- mye avfall = a lot of waste
- masse avfall = lots of waste
- massevis av avfall = loads of waste / a whole lot of waste
So massevis av sounds a bit stronger and more emphatic than just mye.
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