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I dag skal vi introdusere refleksive pronomener
og refleksive verb. Today we are going to

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introduce reflexive pronouns and reflexive
verbs. Enjoy!

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What are reflexive pronouns?
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject

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and the object in the sentence are the same
person(s).

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They indicate that the subject is performing
the action upon itself, while a pronoun in

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the object form indicates that the action
is performed upon someone else than the subject.

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Notice the difference in these sentences:
Han vasker seg, or he is washing his hands.

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Han vasker ham. He’s washing him (f.ex.
his son)

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In the first sentence, the subject «han»
is the same as the reflexive object «seg»

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indicating that the action of «washing»
is made by the subject upon itself. He’s

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washing himself and as the picture illustrates,
his hands.

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In the second sentence on the other hand,
the subject «han» is «washing» a different

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object this time, another person: «ham»,
for example his son. In this case, we use

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the Object form of the personal pronoun.
Reflexive pronouns are identical in form to

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object pronouns, except for ham, henne and
dem where the pronoun seg is used:

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Jeg 
vasker

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meg.

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Du 
vasker

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deg.

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Han 
vasker

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seg.

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Hun 
vasker

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seg.

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Det/Den 
vasker

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seg.

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Vi 
vasker

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oss.

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Dere 
vasker

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dere.

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De 
vasker

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seg. 
Reflexive verbs:

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Some Norwegian verbs require a reflexive pronoun
even if it may not seem logic in your language.

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These verbs are called reflexive verbs:
Take a look at the example below:

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Tone setter seg i stolen. Tone sits (herself)
down in the chair.

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Tone setter seg i stolen.
This can be litterally translated in to «Tone

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sits herself down in the chair».
In your language this verb may not be combined

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with a reflexive pronoun, but in Norwegian
you must include the reflexive pronoun if

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you want the verb to have the correct meaning.
Some common reflexive verbs are:

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å sette seg 
to sit down

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å ha med seg 
to bring

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å glede seg til 
to look forward to

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å skynde seg 
to hurry

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å kose seg 
to have a nice time

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å tørke seg 
to dry oneself

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å kle på seg 
to dress

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å barbere seg 
to shave

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å komme seg ut 
to get out quickly (in emergency)

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You can find a list for the most common reflexive
verbs in the Download section. The list is

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of course just an example, but If you want
to practice your converastion skills, learning

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the verbs on the list will be a good start.