"Jeg forstår ikke hva det betød."
Translation:I do not understand what it meant.
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That is an exaggeration. I get more than 70k hits on Google for "betød" on Norwegian websites. The dictionary lists both.
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From what I can find, "betydde" resembles Nynorsk and "betød" resembles Danish. That's interesting.
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Additionally, the rule-of-thumb in Nynorsk is to avoid words with the affixes an-, be-, -het and -else. So instead of "betydde" you could use "tydde". Please excuse me if you are trying to concentrate on Bokmål and I'm confusing you :)
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My goal ultimately is to do Nynorsk, so anything I can learn about it is much appreciated! :D
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You can't say "I don't understand what it meant." as it's written here, in DuoLingo, one must say "I didn't understand what it meant." Please, correct it. Thanks.
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I do not understand (now) what you meant when you wrote this. And tomorrow, I still won't understand what you meant.
And I'm not from the South or a foreigner.
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I think that would be "Jeg forsto(d) ikke hva det betød". This sentence probably means that he is wondering about what was the meaning of the subject (that occured in the past) at this moment.
You're right. "I didn't understand" is "Jeg forstod ikke", wheras "I don't understand" is "Jeg forstår ikke".
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I wrote so many times "Jeg forstår ikke hva de betød." Is there a difference between what "de" and "det" sounds like? Could you even say that?
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I have no idea how you can mix those two sounds but i will try to explain it. "de" sounds like the beginning of the english word "deed" and "det" sounds like the beginning of the english word "dead". I hope that helped ^^
Right, "de" is pronounced with a "ee" sound and "det" with a "eh" sound.
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Ah, right. Actually, I don't know why I was mixing those up. You're right; they do sound completely different. Thanks for the help!