Jeg vil ikke angre senere.

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Breakdown of Jeg vil ikke angre senere.

• ikke: not
• senere: later
• ville: want

Questions & Answers about Jeg vil ikke angre senere.

In this sentence, does vil mean “want to” or is it just the future “will”?

Vil can mean both “want to” and a kind of future (“will”), and here it’s a bit in between.

• Jeg vil ikke angre senere can be understood as
  
  • “I don’t want to regret (this) later” (expressing desire/intention), and also as
  • “I won’t regret (this) later” (a prediction about the future).

In everyday speech, the nuance depends on context and tone. Often it leans toward “I don’t want to end up regretting this later.”

Why isn’t there an å before angre? Shouldn’t it be jeg vil ikke å angre senere?

In Norwegian, modal verbs (like vil, skal, kan, må, bør) are followed by a bare infinitive, without å.

So you say:

• Jeg vil angre (I want to / will regret)
• Jeg kan angre (I can regret)
• Jeg må angre (I must regret)

But with non-modal verbs you usually include å:

• Jeg prøver å angre (I try to regret)

So jeg vil ikke angre senere is correct; vil ikke å angre is wrong.

Why is ikke after vil and not after jeg, like “Jeg ikke vil angre senere”?