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Norwegian (bokmal)
Question about Norwegian (bokmal)
She’s sitting there.
Why not: hun er sitter der.
She’s sitting there.
Why not: hun er sitter der.
Why not: hun er sitter der.
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Norwegian doesn't have continuous tenses. And "Hun sitter der." / "She sits there." is obviously simpler than using an auxiliary. You can't assume any two languages are structurally identical, or that one is always more logical, for that matter.
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- Norwegian (bokmal)
- Norwegian (nynorsk)
Norwegian doesn't have continuous tenses. And "Hun sitter der." / "She sits there." is obviously simpler than using an auxiliary. You can't assume any two languages are structurally identical, or that one is always more logical, for that matter.
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