Vi får vente til bussen kommer.

We have to wait until the bus comes.

Breakdown of Vi får vente til bussen kommer.

• vi: we
• komme: to come
• bussen: the bus
• vente: to wait

Questions & Answers about Vi får vente til bussen kommer.

What does får mean here?

In this sentence, får most naturally means something like have to, will have to, or must, given the situation.

So Vi får vente til bussen kommer often feels like:

• We’ll have to wait until the bus comes
• I guess we have to wait until the bus arrives

This is a very common use of få in Norwegian: not just get, but also end up having to or be left with the option of.

Compared with må, får can sound a little less direct and a little more like accepting a situation.

Why is it får vente and not får å vente?

Because får is acting like a modal-type verb here, and in Norwegian those are followed by a bare infinitive.

So you say:

• Vi får vente
• Jeg må gå
• Hun kan komme

not:

• Vi får å vente
• Jeg må å gå
• Hun kan å komme

The infinitive marker å is not used after verbs like får, må, kan, skal, and vil when they are followed by another verb.