Hvis du liker isbading, bør du svømme om vinteren. (If you like ice bathing, you should swim in the winter.)
We don’t use hvis (if) in indirect questions. Hvis is a conditional subordinate conjunction.
Det er deilig å bade i Oslofjorden om sommeren fordi det er varmt i vannet. (It’s lovely to swim in the Oslo fjord in the summer because the water is warm.)
Fordi (because) says something about a cause and effect relationship.
Vi får se hvem som får fisk først. (Let’s see who gets the first fish.)
Som (who, that, whose, whom, which, what) is used in relative clauses.
Alex og Gabriele tar seg en dukkert, selv om det er kaldt i vannet. (Alex and Gabriele have a dip even though the water is cold.)
We use selv om (even if, even though, although) when we want to express that we admit something - *selv om is a concessive subordinate conjunction.
De frøs alltid når de badet i fjor. (They were always cold when they went bathing last year.)
Når man har fri, drar man til Hovedøya. (Whenever they have time off, they go to Hovedøya.)
We use når when we speak of everyday or repeated activities in general. Når can be used about repeated activities in the past, too.
Når Thiago har fått fisk, skal de spise lunsj. (When Thiago has caught fish, they will eat lunch.)
As the example above implies, når can be used to express futurity, too.
Da hun bodde i Russland, fisket hun ofte. (When she lived in Russia, she fished often.)
We use da when we speak of an occurrence or a period of time in the past.
AKTIVITET
Skriv flere (several) setninger med dine yndlingssubjunksjoner (favourite subordinate conjunctions).
Eksempel: Alex vet ikke om Yunha tror på troll. Thiago bader ikke fordi han synes at vannet er for kaldt. Selv om Gabriele ikke liker snø, liker hun Jon Snow.
Comments