r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Jun 21 '20

Søndagsspørsmål #337 - Sunday Question Thread

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u/johannsigurdur Jun 21 '20

What's the word that Norwegian most commonly uses for the adjective "actual"? As in the example: Diana is his foster mother, but his actual mother lives in France.

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u/Peter-Andre Native Speaker Jun 21 '20

In that case you would use eigentleg (Nynorsk) or egentlig (Bokmål).

NN: Diana er fostermora hans, men den eigentlege mora hans bur i Frankrike.

BM: Diana er fostermora hans, men den egentlige mora hans bor i Frankrike.

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u/johannsigurdur Jun 21 '20

Cool! I knew egentlig/eigentleg was used as an adverb, but didn't know it could also be used as an adjective. Thanks for clearing that up!

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u/Peter-Andre Native Speaker Jun 21 '20

Glad to help :)