Pierre's verb of the week

møte

Verb of the week: moete

Hei på dere, klasse!

This week's new verb is "å møte", "to meet". It is generally transitive,
taking a direct object, the person or thing that is met. But it can
also be intransitive: a group can "møte".

This verb is often used in the s-passive form also: "møtes". However,
I won't use that form in this introduction... it could get confusing!

å møte = to meet (infinitive form)
vi møter = we meet (present tense)
vi møtte = we met (past tense)
vi har møtt = we have met (past participle)

"Vi" is a pronoun meaning "we".

La oss prøve dette verbet:
Let us try out this verb:

Her kan du få møte forfattere av barnebøker.
Here you can meet authors of children's books.

Hver gang han møter ei jente, føler han seg usikker.
Every time he meets a girl he feels insecure.

Hva ville du gjort hvis du møtte en snakkende kanin?
What would you have done if you met a talking rabbit?

Jeg har aldri møtt en snakkende kanin.
I have never met a talking rabbit.

Prøv å skrive et par setninger selv!
Try to write a few sentences yourself!

God mandag alle sammen,
hilsen Pierre

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