Han deltar frivillig på møtet.

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Breakdown of Han deltar frivillig på møtet.

• møtet: the meeting
• på: at
• delta: to participate

Questions & Answers about Han deltar frivillig på møtet.

What does deltar mean exactly, and what is its base form?

Deltar means “participates / takes part”.

• The infinitive (dictionary form) is å delta = to participate, to take part.
• deltar is the present tense form:
  • jeg deltar – I participate
  • du deltar – you participate
  • han/hun deltar – he/she participates
  • vi deltar – we participate

Other main forms of delta:

• å delta – to participate
• deltar – (he) participates
• deltok – (he) participated
• har deltatt – has participated

Why is it på møtet and not i møtet or just møtet?

In Norwegian, å delta normally takes a preposition in front of the event:

• delta på noe – participate in / attend something (an event, course, meeting, seminar)
• delta i noe – participate in something (often more about the activity itself, like a discussion, project, competition)

With møte(t) (a meeting), both på møtet and i møtet can be heard, but:

• på møtet is very common when you mean attend the meeting.
• i møtet can sound a bit more like be actively involved in the meeting, inside the proceedings.

You cannot drop the preposition:

• ✗ Han deltar møtet – incorrect
• ✓ Han deltar på møtet – correct