Editing Norwegian language (section)

==== Ergative verbs ====
{{See also|Nynorsk#Ergative verbs}}
There are [[ergative verb]]s in both Bokmål and Nynorsk,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elevrom.sprakradet.no/skolen/minigrammatikk/tema/parverb|title=Språkrådet|website=elevrom.sprakradet.no|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714222108/http://elevrom.sprakradet.no/skolen/minigrammatikk/tema/parverb|url-status=live}}</ref> where there are two different conjugation patterns depending on if the verb takes an object or not. In Bokmål, there are only two different conjugations for the [[Preterite Tense|preterite tense]] for the strong verbs, while Nynorsk has different conjugations for all tenses, like Swedish and a majority of Norwegian dialects. Some weak verbs are also ergative and are differentiated for all tenses in both Bokmål and Nynorsk, like {{lang|nb|ligge/legge}}, both of which meaning 'to lie down', but {{lang|nb|ligge}} does not take an object while {{lang|nb|legge}} requires an object. {{lang|nb|Legge}} corresponds to the English verb 'lay', while {{lang|nb|ligge}} corresponds to the English verb 'lie'. There are, however, many verbs that do not have a direct translation to English verbs.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ergative verb {{lang|nb|knekke}} ('crack')
!Norwegian Bokmål
!English
|-
|{{lang|nb|Nøtta '''knakk'''}}
|The nut cracked
|-
|{{lang|nb|Jeg '''knekte''' nøtta}}
|I cracked the nut
|-
|{{lang|nb|Jeg '''ligger'''}}
|I'm lying down
|-
|{{lang|nb|Jeg '''legger''' det ned}}
|I'll lay it down
|}