#25 Preteritum and perfektum - How Norwegians look at the past

Podcast: The Norwegian puzzle - find your missing pieces · Silje Linn Moss

Opublikowano: 2025-11-04

Let's dig into a clear mental model that strips away guesswork and shows exactly when to use preteritum, presens perfektum, and preteritum perfektum. Instead of memorizing lists, you’ll learn a focus rule: is the time window closed and you’re reliving a finished moment, or does the action still shape what matters now? I look at English comparisons that often confuse learners. Norwegian doesn’t split past actions into continuous and simple the way English does—spiste can cover “I ate,” “I was eating,” and even emphatic “I did eat,” depending on context. Then we unpack why presens perfektu...