gå

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse ganga

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

gå (imperative gå, infinitive at gå, present tense går, past tense gik, past participle har/er gået)

  1. To go, walk.

[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse ganga. The infinitive and present tense conjugation of the verb do not correspond with the Old Norse conjugation of ganga (compare with the Old Norse conjugation) and may be influenced by East Norse variants or Low German gan.

[edit] Verb

    Conjugation of gå in Bokmål
Infinitive active gå
Infinitive passive gås
Present active går
Present passive gås
Past
Present participle gånde
Past participle
Imperative [[
  1. Norwegian|]]
    Conjugation of gå in Nynorsk
Infinitive active gå
Infinitive passive ast
Present
Past
Present participle ande
Past participle
Imperative [[]]


  1. To walk, go.
    OK, da kan dere gå hjem.
    Ok, you're free to go home.
    Går du til skolen eller tar du bussen?
    Do you walk to school or do you take the bus?
    Gå til fots.
    Go by foot.
  2. To work (function), run, to be possible.
    Det gikk visst ikke så bra.
    It didn't go too well.
    Det går ikke å fikse motoren.
    I can't fix the engine.
    Motoren går fint.
    The engine runs smoothly.
  3. To be alright, in order
    Går det bra med deg?
    Are you alright?
    Går alt bra her?
    Is everything alright here?
  4. To fit
    Hvilket slips går best med denne skjorten, synes du?
    Which tie fits best with this shirt, do you think?
  5. Passing of time
    Etter som årene går.
    As the years goes by.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Synonyms

to walk, go
To work (function), run, to be possible.

[edit] See also

gange, gang

[edit] References

  • “gå” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “gå” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
  • J.Fritnzer's dictionary.

[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse ganga. The infinitive and present tense conjugation of the verb do not correspond with the Old Norse conjugation of ganga (compare with the Old Norse conjugation) and may be influenced by East Norse variants or Low German gan. The second paradigm lies much closer to the Old Norse paradigm.

[edit] Verb

  • gå (present tense går; past tense gjekk/[gikk]; past participle gått; present participle gåande; imperative gå)

or

  • [gange (present tense gjeng/gjenger; past tense gjekk; past participle gjenge/gjengi; present participle gangande; imperative gakk)]
  1. To walk, go.
    OK, då kan de gå heim.
    Ok, you're free to go home.
    Går du til skulen eller tek du bussen?
    Do you walk to school or do you take the bus?
    Gå til fots.
    Go by foot.
  2. To work (function), run, to be possible.
    Det gjekk visst ikkje så bra.
    It didn't go too well.
    Det går ikkje å fikse motoren.
    I can't fix the engine.
    Motoren går fint.
    The engine runs smoothly.
  3. To be alright, in order
    Går det bra med deg?
    Are you alright?
    Går alt bra her?
    Is everything alright here?
  4. To fit
    Kva slags slips går best med denne skjorta, synst du?
    Which tie fits best with this shirt, do you think?
  5. Passing of time
    Etter som åra går.
    As the years goes by.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Synonyms
to walk, go
To work (function), run, to be possible.

[edit] Usage notes

Note the present tense form and alternative paradigm in brackets, the brackets indicate that these forms are optional for students only and are not allowed in official texts. These forms are either conservative (from or close to traditional Nynorsk) or radical (from or close to Bokmål) and are in Norwegian called klammeformer ("bracket forms") and originated from the idea to eventually fuse Bokmål and Nynorsk into one written language. This idea was officially abandoned in 2005, thus the system with such optional forms was abolished in Bokmål, but was kept in Nynorsk.

[edit] References

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse gá, akin to gaum, "attention."

[edit] Verb

gå (present tense går; past tense gådde; past participle gått; present participle gåande; imperative gå)

  1. To feel, sense, be aware of
    Eg gådde det ikkje straks.
    I didn't noticed it right away.
    Gå til/åt (noko).
    Notice something, be surprised.

[edit] References

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse ganga, via the older Swedish spelling gånga.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

Conjugations of gå
Infinitive gå
Present tense går
Past tense gick
Supine gått
Imperative gå
Present participle gående
Past participle gången

gå

  1. go, walk
    Gå hem = Go home
  2. work out, behave as anticipated (about a solution of a problem)
    Det går inte (att) göra så här = It's not possible to do like this
  3. (about a watch, engine or similar mechanism) work, run
    Min klocka går inte = My clock doesn't work
    Det där går inte! = That won't work!

[edit] See also

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