Jeg legger hvitløken i gryten.

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Breakdown of Jeg legger hvitløken i gryten.

• i: in
• legge: to put
• gryten: the pot

Questions & Answers about Jeg legger hvitløken i gryten.

Why is it legger and not ligger?

å legge is transitive (you place something somewhere). å ligge is intransitive (something is located/lying). So: Jeg legger hvitløken i gryten vs Hvitløken ligger i gryten. Also note the past forms: la (from legge) vs lå (from ligge).

Where is the English the? Why do hvitløken and gryten end in -en?

Norwegian marks definiteness with a suffix: hvitløk → hvitløken (the garlic), gryte → gryten/gryta (the pot). The indefinite forms use separate articles: en hvitløk, en/ei gryte.

Can I say i gryta instead of i gryten?

Yes. In Bokmål, gryte can be masculine or feminine. Masculine definite: gryten. Feminine definite: gryta. Both are correct; gryta is very common in speech and recipes.

Why is the preposition i used, not på?