Word
Instruktøren ber oss senke skuldrene og puste dypt inn.
Meaning
The instructor asks us to lower our shoulders and breathe in deeply.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Instruktøren ber oss senke skuldrene og puste dypt inn.
og
and
oss
us
be
to ask
skulderen
the shoulder
Questions & Answers about Instruktøren ber oss senke skuldrene og puste dypt inn.
What does the -en at the end of Instruktøren mean?
The suffix -en makes the noun Instruktør (instructor) definite: Instruktøren = “the instructor”.
- Instruktør = an instructor
- Instruktøren = the instructor
Norwegian usually adds the definite article as a suffix, instead of using a separate word like English the.
What exactly does ber mean here, and how is it different from spør or sier?
In this sentence, ber (from å be) means “asks (someone to do something)” / “tells (politely) someone to do something.”
- å be (noen om å gjøre noe) = to ask someone to do something / to request
- å spørre (noen om noe) = to ask (a question)
- å si = to say / to tell (neutral, just reporting speech)
So:
- Instruktøren ber oss senke skuldrene…
= The instructor asks us / tells us (politely) to lower our shoulders.
You would not use spør here, because there is no question; it’s a request/instruction.
Why is it oss and not vi after ber?