Questions & Answers about Hun er fortsatt uvitende.
What does fortsatt mean here?
Fortsatt means still or continuing to be.
So in this sentence, it shows that her state has not changed. She was uvitende before, and she still is now.
A very close synonym is fremdeles, and in many sentences they are interchangeable:
- Hun er fortsatt uvitende.
- Hun er fremdeles uvitende.
Both are natural.
Why is it er and not har?
Because uvitende is describing a state or condition, not something she possesses.
In Norwegian, just like in English, you use to be for this kind of description:
- Hun er trøtt. = She is tired.
- Hun er glad. = She is happy.
- Hun er uvitende. = She is unaware / ignorant.
Using har would not work here.
What kind of word is uvitende?
Here, uvitende functions as an adjective.
It describes hun:
- Hun er uvitende.
It originally comes from the verb å vite (to know) with the negative prefix u-, so the basic idea is not knowing.
You can also see it used in other adjective-like ways:
- en uvitende person = an unaware / ignorant person
- uvitende om saken = unaware of the matter