Many people need help telling the difference between short adverbs that name places and directions.
In Norwegian, some adverbs have two forms. One is for “movement” and the other for “location” (no movement). For example does “inn” (in) express an action, while “inne” names a location (no movement). The majority of location adverbs with no movement end in -e.
Examples:
Du bør dra ut! (movement)
You should go out!
Hun er ute. (no movement)
She is outside.
Vi skal hjem neste uke. (movement)
We will go home next week.
Vi er ikke hjemme. (no movement)
We are not at home.
Han skal inn i butikken. (movement)
He is going into the shop.
Han er inne i butikken. (no movement)
He is inside the shop.
Note that when we use words with movement, like “inn”, “hjem” and “ut”, these are often used with verbs like “reise” (travel), “kjøre” (drive), “skal” (is going to…, shall), “vil” (wants to), “gå” (go) etc.
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