Questions & Answers about Jeg synes filmen er for lang.
Why is it synes here, and what does å synes mean?
Å synes often means to think / to feel / to find when you are giving a personal opinion.
So Jeg synes filmen er for lang means that this is my opinion about the movie.
It is very common in sentences like:
- Jeg synes boken er god = I think the book is good
- Jeg synes dette er vanskelig = I think this is difficult
A learner may confuse synes with other verbs:
- å tenke = to think, often more like thinking in general or thinking about something
- å tro = to believe / think something is probably true
- å mene = to mean / to be of the opinion that
- å like = to like
In this sentence, synes is natural because you are expressing a personal judgment about the movie.
Can I say Jeg synes at filmen er for lang?
Yes. The word at is optional here.
Both of these are correct:
- Jeg synes filmen er for lang
- Jeg synes at filmen er for lang
In everyday Norwegian, people often leave out at when the sentence is clear and natural without it.
So:
- Jeg synes filmen er for lang sounds very normal
- Jeg synes at filmen er for lang is also correct, and may sound a little more explicit