"Hun sluttet å lese bøker."

Translation: She stopped reading books.

[GarethChan1]

How would we say "She stopped to read the books." ?

[willr1ker]

"Hun sluttet for å lese bøker" I believe

[Muhgros]

Can't you just say "Hun sluttet å lese bøkene" ? I fail to see what semantics the "for" brings.

[Deliciae]

Noun definiteness aside (the Norwegian sentence uses the indefinite plural), the preposition is the difference between "She stopped reading books" and "She stopped in order to read books".

[Chrisgarside]

this is the saddest sentence ive read on duo

[Muhgros]

This is more an english question but why is "She stopped to read books" incorrect ?

[Deliciae]

Because that would mean that stopped doing something else in order to read books.

[jar30pma23]

How does infinitive work as "ing" form of verb..... Versus Lesning

[Thisca]

'lesning' is used as part of a word -> forelesning, gjennom lesning. If you just use 'lesning', it's used differently -> Rapporter er ikke en enkel lesning -> The report is not an easy read. Does that help?

[OwenSannap]

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