Vi tuller bare; dette er gøy.

to be

Breakdown of Vi tuller bare; dette er gøy.

• vi: we
• dette: this
• bare: only

Questions & Answers about Vi tuller bare; dette er gøy.

What does tuller mean here?

Tuller is the present-tense form of å tulle, which often means to joke, to kid, to mess around, or to fool around, depending on context.

So Vi tuller bare means something like:

• We’re just joking
• We’re only kidding
• We’re just messing around

It is a very common everyday expression.

Why is it Vi tuller and not something like Vi er tuller?

Because å tulle is a verb, so Norwegian uses it directly:

• vi = we
• tuller = joke / are joking

So Vi tuller literally means We joke / We are joking.

English often uses to be + -ing, but Norwegian very often just uses the simple present tense for this kind of meaning.

Why does tuller end in -r?