Pierre's verb of the week

spille

 

Verb of the week: spille

Hei alle sammen,

Today's verb is "å spille", "to play". It is used when speaking of
musical instruments, games, roles in a play, etc. (However, when
children simply "play", the verb is "leke".)

å spille = to play (infinitive form)
du spiller = you play (present tense)
du spilte = you played (past tense)
du har spilt = you have played (past participle)

"du" is a pronoun meaning "you [singular]"

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

Kan du spille piano?
Can you play [the] piano?

Det spiller ingen rolle.
That plays no part. (That doesn't matter.)

I går spilte jeg litt tennis.
Yesterday I played a bit of tennis.

Jeg har aldri spilt hovedrolle i et skuespill.
I have never played the main part in a play.

Kan du skrive noen setninger som bruker dette verbet?
Can you write some sentences that use this verb?

Ha det godt!
Pierre

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