fortelja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Danish fortælle, from Middle Low German vörtellen. Influenced by Old Norse fyrtelja or, respectively, telja.

Verb

fortelja (third person singular past indicative fortaldi, third person plural past indicative fortalt, supine fortalt)

  1. to tell, to narrate, to relate, to recount, to explain

Conjugation

Conjugation of fortelja (group v-18)
infinitive fortelja
supine fortalt
participle (a7)1 forteljandi fortaldur
present past
first singular fortelji fortaldi
second singular fortelur fortaldi
third singular fortelur fortaldi
plural fortelja fortaldu
imperative
singular fortel!
plural forteljið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

See also


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German vortellen, compare with Old Norse fyrtelja.

Verb

fortelja (present tense fortel, past tense fortalde, past participle fortalt, passive infinitive forteljast, present participle forteljande, imperative fortel)

  1. to tell, narrate
    Eg skal fortelja kva som hende.
    I will tell what happened.

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