Slutten gjør meg trist.

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Breakdown of Slutten gjør meg trist.

• gjøre: to make (to cause)
• trist: sad
• slutten: the ending

Questions & Answers about Slutten gjør meg trist.

What does Slutten mean, and what is the purpose of the -en ending?

It means “the end.” The base noun is slutt (end/ending), and the suffix -en marks the definite form. So slutten = the end.

What is the infinitive of gjør, and how is it used here?

The infinitive is å gjøre (“to do” or “to make”). Gjør is the present-tense form, so Slutten gjør meg trist literally means “The end makes me sad.”

Why is the pronoun meg used here instead of jeg?

Jeg is the subject pronoun (“I”), while meg is the object pronoun (“me”). Since the end is doing something to “me” (making me sad), you need the object form meg.

Why doesn’t the adjective trist change form in this sentence?

In Norwegian Bokmål, adjectives in predicative position (i.e., after a verb like å gjøre or å være) do not inflect. They only take endings when used attributively (directly before a noun).

What word‐order rule governs Slutten gjør meg trist?