Which is the correct form of should?
In my grammar book it says : BØR, however in google translation and in many other texts it says : "burde".
Which is the correct one?
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Posted Oct 3, 2019, 11:18 AM UTC
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Both are correct translations. Burde - the past tense - expresses a hypothetical situation whereas bør is more literal. But since the meaning of the verb is to express a possibility for something to happen, with uncertainty involved, the difference becomes quite subtle, if there's any at all.
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Both are correct depending on the context. "burde" is the past tense (and infinitive) of "bør", which is present tense.
Although many people use "burde" when actually "bør" is correct so you might see both versions
is there such a thing as "correct" in spoken norwegian thooo
edit: eller kanskje jeg bare burde slutte å være bitter og lære meg forskjellen
Weeeeell, that's a whole other discussion that I really can't be bothered with at the moment
i can save you time and si at det ikke er det B)
Jeg skal være uenig og si at folk som sier «henne» når de mener «hun» faktisk tar feil. Ja, det er mye man kan skylde på dialekta for, men ikke alt.
I think what you're referring to aresome clearly ideomatically correct ways of using the past form, which would be correct both in written and spoken Norwegian.
"Han burde spise mindre sukker, hvis han vil bli gammel.""
This goes for other verbs as well, and applies to hypotheticals.
"Hvis jeg var deg så ville jeg spandert en øl på meg".