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At Work 2. SS - Language Work - Grammar - Verbs Easily Mistaken - Explanation
Make - Do
• Make ( made - made) means to "produce" or "create" something: He is making a toy car.
• Do (did - done) means to "carry" or "be occupied with" something: She was doing her homework.
• But there are lots of expressions with do/make which have quite special meanings. It is difficult to give rules
for this, so you have to remember expressions you come across.
Lie - Lay
• Lie (lay - lain + ing-form lying) means "ligge/liggje". The verb is intransitive, which means that you will
never find a direct object in the sentence: The sweater lies on the chair. It lay there yesterday too.
• Lay (laid - laid + ing-form laying) means "legge/leggje". The verb is transitive, which means that you will
always find a direct object in the sentence: Birds lay eggs. She laid down her spectacles.
• Be careful when you translate the Norwegian expression "å legge seg ned / å leggje seg" into English. Even
though it says "legge/leggje", you have to use the verb lie: She usually lies down on the sofa when she is
tired. He lay down beside me. The reason for this is that to lie down is intransitive (no object) in English.
Think - Mean
• Think (thought - thought) means "tenke/tenkje", "mene/meine", "synes/synast": Just think about it. I think
this is frightening. What do you think?
• Mean (meant - meant) means "bety", "mene/meine": What do these words mean? What did you mean by
saying that?
• Be careful not to use mean too much. "Mene/meine" has two meanings in Norwegian: "Hva mener du?
(synes du?) / Kva meiner du? (synest du?)": What do you think/What is your opinion? "Hva mener du?
(forklar deg) / Kva meiner du? (forklar deg)": What do you mean? (explain)
Rise - Raise
• Rise (rose - risen) means "reise seg", "stå opp", "lette" (birds). This is an intransitive verb (no direct object in
the sentence): The sun rises at five. She roseto welcome him.
• Raise (raised - raised) means "heve", "løfte/lyfte", "oppdra": Could you raise your voice a bit, please? They
raised prices without telling the customers.
Lend - Borrow
• Lend (lent - lent) means "låne bort": She lent me five pounds. The bank lent me the money.
• Borrow (borrowed - borrowed) means "låne (fra/frå)": I borrowed five pounds from her. I borrowed money
from the bank.
Teach - Learn
• Teach (taught - taught) means "lære (fra seg / frå seg)", "undervise": She taught me a lot of very interesting
things.
• Learn (learnt - learnt) means "lære (selv/sjølv)": Today we learnt about English Christmas customs.
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