Jeg teller til tusen.

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Breakdown of Jeg teller til tusen.

• til: for/to
• telle: to count
• tusen: 1,000

Questions & Answers about Jeg teller til tusen.

Why is it teller and not telle?

Telle is the infinitive, meaning to count.

In Jeg teller til tusen, teller is the present tense form, so it means count / am counting.

• å telle = to count
• jeg teller = I count / I am counting

Norwegian present tense is often made by adding -r to the infinitive:

• snakke → snakker
• bo → bor
• telle → teller

What does til mean here?

Here, til means to, as in count to one thousand.

This is the normal Norwegian pattern:

• telle til ti = count to ten
• telle til hundre = count to a hundred
• telle til tusen = count to a thousand

So even though til can mean several things in Norwegian, in this sentence it is simply part of the expression telle til.

Why is there no word for a before tusen?