snakka
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German snacken (“to speak; to chat; to talk a lot or nonsense”), of uncertain origin. Related to Swedish snacka, Danish snakke and Norwegian snakke, all borrowed from Middle Low German.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsnakka (third person singular past indicative snakkaði, third person plural past indicative snakkaðu, supine snakkað)
Conjugation
editConjugation of snakka (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | snakka | |
supine | snakkað | |
participle (a6)1 | snakkandi | snakkaður |
present | past | |
first singular | snakki | snakkaði |
second singular | snakkar | snakkaði |
third singular | snakkar | snakkaði |
plural | snakka | snakkaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | snakka! | |
plural | snakkið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Further reading
edit- "snakka" at Sprotin.fo
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editsnakka
- inflection of snakke:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German snacken (“to speak, talk”), of uncertain origin.
Verb
editsnakka (present tense snakkar, past tense snakka, past participle snakka, passive infinitive snakkast, present participle snakkande, imperative snakka/snakk)
- to talk
- Det har me ikkje snakka om.
- We haven't talked about that.
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- Russenorsk: snakka
References
edit- “snakka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Russenorsk
editEtymology
editInherited from Norwegian Nynorsk snakka
Verb
editsnakka
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
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