r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Sep 02 '18

Søndagsspørsmål #243 - Sunday Question Thread

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u/JustDaUsualTF Sep 05 '18

What is "til å" used for?

Of all the incarnations of "to", "til å" continues to elude me. I'm aware of it's usage in "kommer til å", but I can't find an explanation of it's usage as a general rule

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u/EppeB Sep 05 '18

Til å is an awkward pair :) Til belongs to the word before it, like kommer til. The å is the preposition to the following verb. Kommer til | å falle.

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u/JustDaUsualTF Sep 05 '18

Well I understand its usage in "kommer til å", but I don't understand, as a general rule, when and why you would use it

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u/EppeB Sep 05 '18

There might not be a general rule for til å :) If there is, it is the same rule in English as for "to a". As in "coming to a stop".

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u/JustDaUsualTF Sep 05 '18

Thanks anyway!

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u/protocosm Sep 08 '18

As far as I'm aware it's used to signify future events specifically.

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u/bampotkolob Advanced (bokmål) Sep 08 '18

"Kommer til å" refers to future events, but "til å" alone doesn't have any connection to time. This is from grammatikk.com...

"Til å" bruker vi bare i idiomatiske uttrykk der vi må bruke preposisjonen til. Konstruksjonen "til å" betyr ikke noe alene og forteller ikke hvorfor vi gjør noe.  Jeg har ikke tid til å snakke med deg. (Ha tid til noe)  Han gleder seg til å se henne. (Glede seg til noe)

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u/protocosm Sep 09 '18

Ok, cool, thanks. So it's basically used when the preposition 'til' is required grammatically and so is å because of the infinitive? If so, that makes sense.

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u/bampotkolob Advanced (bokmål) Sep 09 '18

Exactly!

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u/JustDaUsualTF Sep 08 '18

That makes sense. Thank you