Læreren legger fram planen i møtet.

The teacher presents the plan in the meeting.

Breakdown of Læreren legger fram planen i møtet.

• i: in
• møtet: the meeting
• planen: the plan
• læreren: the teacher

Questions & Answers about Læreren legger fram planen i møtet.

What is the infinitive (base form) of legger, and what does this verb mean?

The infinitive is å legge.

Basic meanings of legge:

• literally: to lay / to put (down) (usually something placed in a lying position)
  • Jeg legger boka på bordet. = I put the book on the table.
• with different little words (particles), it can form new meanings:
  • legge seg = to lie down, to go to bed
  • legge fram = to present, to lay out (a plan, a proposal, arguments)

In your sentence, legger is the present tense of å legge, used together with fram: legger fram = presents / lays out.

Why do we say legger fram and not just legger?

Legge fram is a particle verb (like an English phrasal verb).

• å legge alone = to put, to lay (physically)
  
  • Læreren legger boka på bordet.
    The teacher puts the book on the table.
• å legge fram = to present, to lay out (an idea/plan/proposal)
  
  • Læreren legger fram planen.
    The teacher presents the plan.

If you drop fram:

• Læreren legger planen i møtet. would mainly sound like:
  • The teacher puts the plan (document/paper) in the meeting (physically putting something somewhere), not “presents the plan”.

So fram is needed to get the idiomatic “present” meaning.

Can move in the sentence? Is also correct?