Questions & Answers about Han snakker med lidenskap.
Why is it han and not ham?
Han is the subject pronoun, meaning he.
In Han snakker med lidenskap, han is the person doing the action, so Norwegian uses han.
- han = he
- ham = him (object form, mainly in Bokmål, though many speakers also use han in object position in everyday speech)
So:
- Han snakker. = He speaks.
- Jeg ser ham. = I see him.
What form of the verb is snakker?
Snakker is the present tense of å snakke (to speak).
Examples:
- å snakke = to speak
- snakker = speak / is speaking
Norwegian present tense is often simpler than English because the same form can cover both:
- He speaks
- He is speaking
So Han snakker med lidenskap can mean both:
- He speaks with passion
- He is speaking with passion
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?