fortelja

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish fortælle, from Middle Low German vörtellen. Influenced by Old Norse fyrtelja or, respectively, telja.

Verb

fortelja (third person singular past indicative fortaldi, third person plural past indicative fortalt, supine fortalt)

  1. to tell, to narrate, to relate, to recount, to explain

Conjugation
   Conjugation of fortelja
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infinitive fortelja
present participle forteljandi
past participle a7 fortaldur
supine fortalt
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present fortelji fortelur fortelur fortelja
past fortaldi fortaldi fortaldi fortaldu
imperative – tú – tit
present — fortel! — forteljið!

Synonyms
  • fortala
  • forklaga
  • forganga
  • forbrongla
  • forkøla

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German vortellen, compare with Old Norse fyrtelja.

Verb

fortelja (present tense fortel, past tense fortalde, past participle fortalt, passive infinitive forteljast, present participle forteljande, imperative fortel)

  1. to tell, narrate
    Eg skal fortelja kva som hende.
    I will tell what happened.

References
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