r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Aug 25 '19

Søndagsspørsmål #294 - Sunday Question Thread

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u/helpwithlanguagepls Aug 25 '19

whats the difference between "overrasket med" and "overrasket over"

when to use which?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 25 '19

overrasket med: When overraske is a verb. Somebody surprised (somebody, often omitted) by/with (a surprising thing or action).

Jeg overrasket (familien min) med en kake. Laget overrasket med å vinne kampen.

overrasket over: Overrasket acts as something like an adjective (not sure about the actual grammar term), note that you'll never see "overraske over".

Jeg var overrasket over (surprising thing).

Edit: there's also "overrasket av" which is similar to "overrasket over" except for a few circumstances like being caught by bad weather (you're overrasket av regn, not over regn except if it's more like a general observation that you're surprised rain would happen somewhere)

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u/matvey_grozny Aug 26 '19

not sure about the actual grammar term

For the record, I believe you mean the passive participle, if you have in mind a sentence like "Jeg ble overrasket over gaven" or similar.