Questions & Answers about Han liker sjakk veldig godt.
What does liker mean exactly, and how is it conjugated?
Liker is the present tense of the verb å like, which means to like.
- English: he likes chess very much
- Norwegian: han liker sjakk veldig godt
In Norwegian, å like is regular:
- jeg liker – I like
- du liker – you like
- han / hun / den / det liker – he / she / it likes
- vi liker – we like
- dere liker – you (plural) like
- de liker – they like
Notice there is no -s in the third person singular (Norwegian does not say han likers; it stays han liker).
Why is it sjakk and not sjakken or en sjakk?