Vi snakker om fortid, nåtid og framtid i norsktimen.

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Breakdown of Vi snakker om fortid, nåtid og framtid i norsktimen.

• snakke: to talk
• om: about
• i: in

Questions & Answers about Vi snakker om fortid, nåtid og framtid i norsktimen.

Why is it snakker om and not just snakker? Does snakker om always mean talk about?

Snakker on its own just means speak / talk.

The preposition om is needed when you say what the topic is, just like about in English:

• Vi snakker. – We are talking / we speak. (No topic mentioned.)
• Vi snakker om fortid. – We are talking about the past.

So:

• snakke = to speak, to talk
• snakke om noe = to talk about something

You use snakke om whenever you want to specify the subject of the conversation, just like English talk about or speak about.

Why is snakker used for we talk / we are talking? Is there no difference between simple and continuous like in English?