Word
Jeg skriver raskt.
Meaning
I write quickly.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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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?
Can I place the adverb before the verb, like in English (“I quickly write”)?