Lesson 7b = Rules for Regular Verbs in the past tenses [Part 2]

We are going to learn about the rules which facilitates learning the regular verbs, which are valid in most cases. 

Today we discuss rules for Group 3 & Group 4. 

Examples:

Meaning	Infinitive	Presens	Preteritum	Perfektum
to try	å prøve	prøver	prøvde	har prøvd
to own	å eie	eier (instead of eieer)*	eide	har eid
to manage, cope with	å greie	greier (instead of greieer)*	greide	har greid
to bend, conjugate	å bøye	bøyer (instead of bøyeer)*	bøyde	har bøyd

*Since those verbs ends with vowel, they are easier to pronounce if we skip “e” in the present tense.

What are diphthongs in Norwegian?

ei
like 'a' in "babe" (æ-i)

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ai
like 'i' in "pine" (a-i)

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au
like 'ou' in "mouse" (æ-u)

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oi
like 'oy' in "boy" (å-y)

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øy
like 'ooey' in "gooey" (ø-y)

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sj
like 'sh' in "shoe"

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skj
like 'sh' in "shoe"

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rs
like 'sh' in "shoe"

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kj
like 'ch' in Scottish "loch"

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ng
like 'ng' in "long"

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rt
like 'rt' in "art"

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rn
like 'rn' in "burn"

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ld
like 'll' in "ball" (makes vowels long, too)

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nd
like 'nn' in "banner" (makes vowels long)

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hj
like 'y' in "yes"

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hv
like 'v' in "victory"

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lj
like 'y' in "yes" (rare)

[Diphtongs accessed from: http://www.101languages.net/norwegian/diphthongs.html]

Examples:

Meaning	Infinitive	Presens	Preteritum	Perfektum
to mean, signify	å bety	betyr (instead of betyer)*	betydde	har betydd
to live	å bo	bor (instead of boer)*	bodde	har bodd
to comb one’s hair	å gre	grer (instead of greer)*	gredde	har gredd
to happen	å skje	skjer (instead of skjeer)*	skjedde	har skjedd
to believe	å tro	tror(instead of troer)*	trodde	har trodd

*Since those verbs ends with vowel, they are easier to pronounce if we skip “e” in the present tense.

^{Rules discussed in
Lesson 7 [Part 1 & Part 2] 
are not valid in some cases:}

^{Example: From Group I to Group III}

Meaning	Infinitive	Presens	Preteritum	Perfektum
to build	å bygge*	bygger	bygde	har bygd

*Notice: this verb does not follow the rule from Group I and also double consonant changes to a single consonant in the past tenses!