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I feel like learning Norwegian on Duolingo is getting very depressing and philosophical.
How then do you clarify between "who loves you (pl.)" and "who do you (pl.) love"..!?
You could include "er det som" as a way to make it unambiguous.
- Hvem er det som elsker dere?
- Who loves you?
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- Hvem er det som dere elsker?
- Who(m) do you love?
The last would be "Hvem er det dere elsker?". 'som' should be omitted here.
In my dialect I would just say "Hvem dere elsker".
What about "who do they love"? And shouldn't "who loves you" not be "hvem elsker deg"?
"Hvem elsker dere" = "Who do you (plural) love?" or "Who loves you (plural)?
"Hvem elsker deg" = "Who loves you (singular)?"
"Hvem elsker du?" = "Who do you (singular) love?"
"Hvem elsker de?" = "Who do they love?"
"Dere" is both the subject and object form of the plural "you". "Deg" is the object form of the singular "you". "De" translates to "they".
Some English verbs aren't generally used in their present continuous form because of the "immediateness" of that form. Like, love, hate and prefer are some examples.
