"Leser han brevene?"

Translation: Is he reading the letters?

[Laila914156]

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[BumLeg]

Answered correctly in present tense, but could it not also be past? "Did he read the letters?"

[griffindd]

I think that would be "Leste han brevene?" https://www.duolingo.com/skill/nb/Verbs:-Past

[Scottiztrying]

I answered "He's reading the letters?" And it marked me wrong but I'm not sure how you'd say "He's reading the letters?" ? There is a very slight difference??

[Jennyienby]

Hello, "brevene" sounds like "brevena", I have noticed several words like that. Why? Thanks in advance!

[SusannaG1]

I think e' sounds like a' in Norwegian. I'm not sure though.

[Vetikke22]

It doesn't. A Norwegian E doesn't sound like an "ee" like in English. It sounds like "eh".

If you listen more closely, you can hear that she is saying "brevene" with an E (eh) at the end.

[Norsk_101]

why is it in Norwegian verb then subject then things? but thats only for questions. im confused.

[StephanieNorsk]

It's the same in english... "IS he reading the letters ?"... and in your question "why IS it..."... the verb is placed before the subject.

[deactivated user]

Why are you so nosey, Duo?

[bogidu]

Wouldn't 'he reads the letters?' also be an acceptable answer to this question?

[griffindd]

'he reads the letters?' is not the standard way of forming questions in English. There has to be a limit to the variations which are accepted.

[AnthonyBear]

Swear to god, it says "leser om brevene