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Questions & Answers about Jeg skriver raskt.
What does the word jeg mean in this sentence?
Jeg means I, the first-person singular subject pronoun in Norwegian.
How is the present tense of the verb skrive formed here?
To make the present tense of skrive (to write), you drop the infinitive ending -e and add -r, yielding skriver.
Why is the adjective rask written as raskt in this sentence?
Because you need an adverb to modify a verb. Many Norwegian adjectives form adverbs by adding -t: rask (quick) → raskt (quickly).
Is there a difference between raskt and fort?
Both are adverbs meaning “quickly.” raskt comes from rask (quick), while fort is simply “fast.” They’re largely interchangeable, though fort is more common in casual speech and raskt can sound slightly more formal or emphasize efficiency.
Can I place the adverb before the verb, like in English (“I quickly write”)?
Norwegian typically uses Subject–Verb–Adverb order, so Jeg skriver raskt is standard. Putting the adverb before the verb (Jeg raskt skriver) is unusual and may sound awkward or poetic.
How would I say “I write slowly” in Norwegian?
Replace raskt with sakte (the adverb form of sakte, meaning slow): Jeg skriver sakte.
How do I turn the sentence into a question?
Invert verb and subject: Skriver jeg raskt? means “Am I writing quickly?” If asking someone else, Skriver du raskt? means “Are you writing quickly?”