Questions & Answers about Det tok meg lang tid å lære å brette laken uten hjelp.
Why does the sentence start with det?
Here det is a dummy subject, just like English it in It took me a long time....
So:
- Det tok meg lang tid ... = It took me a long time ...
The det does not refer to a specific thing. Norwegian often uses det this way in general statements.
Why is it meg and not jeg?
Because meg is the object form of the pronoun, while jeg is the subject form.
- jeg = I
- meg = me
In Det tok meg lang tid, the verb tok has meg as its object:
- det = subject
- tok = verb
- meg = object
So Norwegian matches English here: It took me..., not It took I...
What tense is tok, and what verb does it come from?