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LESSON XVI.
PRESENT PARTICIPLE.
43. The present participle is formed by adding
-ende to the verbal stem: at e/se elsfyende; at
s^inne skinnende; at flyte flytende; at gaa
gaaende.
44. The present participle is used
1. as adjective: en skinnende sol, a shining sun;
2. as adverb : Plan taltc flytende, He spoke fluently ;
3. as adverbial apposition: Han kom gaaende, He
came walking.
45. The use of English forms in -ing and of
Norse equivalents must be carefully observed.
is
I. The present participle in both English and Norse
used:
a. as adjective
: a shining sun, en skinnende sol;
b. as adverbial apposition: He came walking, Han
kom gaaende.
1. The English participle used as adverbial apposition is
often equivalent to a finite verb in Norse: He sat writing,
Han sat og skrev. He stood speaking, Han stod og talte.
2. The Norse participle used as an adverbial modifier
is often equivalent to an adverb in English: Han talte flytende,
He spoke fluently.
2. In English the present participle
is used to form
tenses; in Norse it is not: He is writing, Han skriver
(not er skrivende).
When the idea of continued action is strong, this
progressive tense is equivalent to the idiom at holde paa
(med) to , keep on :
(with)
He was writing when I Han holdt paa (med) at
came.
skrive da jeg kom.