Vi stemmer om planen i morgen.

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Breakdown of Vi stemmer om planen i morgen.

• i morgen: tomorrow
• planen: the plan
• om: on

Questions & Answers about Vi stemmer om planen i morgen.

Why is stemmer in the present tense when the voting happens tomorrow?

In Norwegian, the present tense is very often used for future actions, especially when:

• the event is planned or scheduled, and
• there is a time expression in the sentence (like i morgen, snart, til neste uke, etc.).

So Vi stemmer om planen i morgen literally looks like “We vote on the plan tomorrow”, but is naturally understood as:

• “We are voting on the plan tomorrow.”
• “We will vote on the plan tomorrow.”

You can also say Vi skal stemme om planen i morgen, but the simple present stemmer is completely normal and very common in Norwegian.

What exactly does the verb stemme mean here, and does it have other meanings?

Here stemme means “to vote”.

But stemme is a very flexible verb in Norwegian, and it can mean different things depending on context:

1. To vote

   • å stemme ved valget – to vote in the election
   • Vi stemmer om planen – We are voting on the plan.

2. To be correct / to be true / to match

   • Det stemmer. – That’s correct / That matches.

3. To tune (an instrument)

   • å stemme gitaren – to tune the guitar.

4. Related noun and other forms:

   • en stemme – a voice / a vote
   • flere stemmer – several voices / votes

So in this sentence you know it means “to vote” because of om planen (“on the plan”) and the overall context.