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English
Spelling
and Grammar Some elementary problems We
all make spelling mistakes (sometimes even an American Vice President does). - There might be spelling mistakes and other mistakes in this text
too (- let me know if you find any). Most of the time, however, these mistakes are of minor importance.
What really counts is usually our choice of words and idiomatic phrases -
and how well we are able to convey our thoughts and opinions to the
person(s) reading our text.
We should
nevertheless try as
best we can to avoid making these mistakes.
To that end I have listed some fairly common elementary grammar and
spelling mistakes made in the "Grunnkurs" classes of "Videregående skole".
(To facilitate matters for you the explanation of elementary grammar
problems is in Norwegian) I will try to keep the explanations as simple as possible but you may need to know a few grammar terms.
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| 1 | "do"-periphrasis |
Omskriving med "to do" | ||
| Do you like
milk? |
Liker du melk? | |||
| She does not like beer. |
Hun liker ikke øl. | |||
| She is not
here. |
Hun er ikke her | |||
| Has he seen
this? |
Har han sett dette? | |||
| I will not go. |
Jeg vil ikke gå. | |||
| Who came? |
Hvem kom? | |||
| Brukes
i spørrende og nektende setninger der vi ikke
har en form av | ||||
| -"to
be" | ||||
| -"to
have" | ||||
| -et
modalt
hjelpeverb, | ||||
| -eller et spørrepronomen som subjekt i setningen | ||||
| 2 |
Relative pronouns |
Relativpronomen | ||
| The woman who said this ... | Kvinna som sa dette ... | |||
| My dog, who is old ... | Hunden min, som er gammel ... | |||
| The man to whom you gave ... | Mannen som du ga ... | |||
| The car which you saw ... | Bilen som du så ... | |||
| The elk which they filmed ... | Elgen som de filmet ... | |||
| The girl, whose name was Ellen ... | Jenta, "hvis" navn var Ellen ... (Jenta som het Ellen ...) | |||
| The man that he was talking to ... | Mannen som han snakket med ... | |||
| Facts that are accessible to all ... | Fakta som er tilgjengelige for alle ... | |||
| who | } som | |||
| whom |
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(om personer – av | ||||
| which |
som | |||
| (om ting og dyr) | ||||
| that | som | |||
| (om personer ting
og dyr) | ||||
| whose |
"hvis" (genitiv av who/which) | |||
| 3 | Possessive pronouns | Eiendomspronomen | ||
| This is my MP3 player. |
Dette er
min
MP3-spiller. | |||
| This MP3 player is mine. |
Denne
MP3-spilleren er min. | |||
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noun: |
Alone: |
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| my |
mine |
min | ||
| your |
yours |
din | ||
| his |
his |
hans | ||
| her |
hers |
hennes | ||
| its |
its |
dets | ||
| our |
ours |
vår | ||
| your |
yours
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deres (2. person) | ||
| their |
theirs |
deres (3. person) | ||
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Foran et substantiv bruker du
"my"
etc. Når
eiendomspronomenet står alene bruker du "mine"
etc.
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| 4 | The indefinite article | Ubestemt artikkel | ||
| a car |
en bil | |||
| a university |
et universitet | |||
| an eagle |
en ørn | |||
| an hour |
en time | |||
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a
brukes foran konsonantlyder an
brukes foran vokallyder | ||||