Frykten gjør meg stille om kvelden.

quiet

Breakdown of Frykten gjør meg stille om kvelden.

• kvelden: the evening
• meg: me
• gjøre: to make (to cause)

Questions & Answers about Frykten gjør meg stille om kvelden.

What exactly does "gjør" mean in this sentence, and why is it translated as "makes" instead of "does"?

"gjør" is the present tense of "å gjøre" (to do / to make).

In this sentence, "gjøre" is used in its causative sense:

• "Frykten gjør meg stille" = "The fear makes me quiet."

So the structure is:

• subject: Frykten (The fear)
• verb: gjør (makes)
• object: meg (me)
• object complement: stille (quiet)

This is very similar to English uses like:

• "The news made me sad."
• "The movie made me tired."

You would not translate it literally as "Fear does me quiet"; that sounds wrong in both languages. Here "gjør" = "makes" in the sense of "causes (me) to be".

Why is it "Frykten" and not just "Frykt"? What’s the difference between "frykt" and "frykten"?