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Feedback messages

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The system currently offers 32 types of feedback messages, where a 'type' includes instantiations for various genders, persons, genders, etc. The following list provides a sample message for each type, together with an example of a sentence that would prompt the message in question, and a sentence representing the 'correct' version.



The word "jeg" is marked with the wrong case, try using "meg" instead.

     *“Du liker jeg”  - - "Du liker meg."

The word "og" is not the infinitival marker, try using "å" instead.

     *“Jeg prøver og komme.” - - "Jeg prøver å komme."

The word "å" is not a conjunction, try using "og" instead.

     *“Ola å Per kommer.” - - “Ola og Per kommer.”

The reflexive pronoun "seg" does not match the number and gender of the word it refers back to. Try using "meg"

     *”Jeg skammer seg.” - - ”Jeg skammer meg.”

The sentence lacks subject-verb inversion.

     “Imorgen jeg kommer.” - - "Imorgen kommer jeg.”

The sentence contains an incorrect subject-verb inversion.

     “Kommer jeg snart.” - - “Jeg kommer snart.”

The word "like" is in infinitive, but should be put in past or present tense.

     “Jeg like fisken.” - - “Jeg liker fisken.”

The word "gikk" is in the past tense, but should be in infinitive.

     “Jeg prøvde å gikk.” - - Jeg prøvde å gå.”

The word "hus" is of neuter gender, not masculine.

     “Husen er gult.” - - “Huset er gult.”

The adjective "gult" is conjugated as neuter gender, but modifies a masculine or feminine noun.

     “En gult bil stod her.” - - “En gul bil stod her.”

The adjective "gul" is conjugated as singular, but modifies a plural noun.

     “De gul bilene står her.” - - “De gule bilene står her.”

The adjective "gul" is conjugated as an indefinite, but modifies a definite noun.

     “Den gul bilen står her.” - - “Den gule bilen står her.”

The adjective "gul" should agree with the masculine or feminine noun it modifies.

     “En gult bil stod her.”  [XX]

T The verb "prøvde" must be followed by the infinitive marker "å".

     “Jeg prøvde komme.”

The verb "så" should not be followed by the infinitive marker "å".

     ”Gutten så meg å komme”

There should always be a verb in the sentence. Try using "er" or "var" before the phrase "snill".

     “Hun snill.”

Past perfective tense requires an auxiliary verb "å ha" in addition to the past participle "kommet".

     “Jeg kommet.”

Passive mode [VOICE]requires an auxiliary verb "å bli" in addition to the past participle "skutt".

     “Presidenten skutt.”

In main clauses, sentential adverbs, such as "ikke", must be placed directly after the verb, before any objects.

     “Jeg spiste fisken ikke.”

The verb " fortærer " requires an object.

     “Jeg fortærer.”

The verb "traff" requires a subject, like all finite verbs in Norwegian.

     “Traff Peter.”

The verb "skammer" requires a reflexive object.

     “Jeg skammer.”

A possessive "s" (without an apostrophe) is required after "Ola" to specifiy a possessive relation.

     “Ola hus er gult.”

The noun following the verb "liker" should not be introduced by a preposition.

     “Jeg liker på Ola.”

The noun following the verb "stole" should always be introduced by a preposition.

     “Jeg stoler Ola.”

The word "sammen" should not be followed by "med" in this context.

     “Vi går sammen med.”

The verb "oppføre (seg)" requires that the object is not followed by "selv".

     “Ola oppfører seg selv pent.”

Countable indefinite nouns, such as "gutt", are normally preceded by a determiner.

     “Gutt sover.”

A singular noun which is modified by an adjective, such as "snill", should have a determiner preceding the adjective.

     “Snill gutt sover.”

A definite noun which is modified by an adjective, such as "snille", should have a determiner preceding the adjective.

     “Snille gutten sover.”

The determiner "et" must have the same gender, number and definiteness as the noun it modifies.

     “Et mann sover.”

The verb [FORM] "gået" is a [WRONGLY CONJUGATED FORM OF A] strong verb. Refer to a dictionary for the appropriate conjugation.

     ”Gutten gået”

The verb [FORM] “ropet" is a [WRONGLY CONJUGATED FORM OF A] "te"-verb, following/[AND SHOULD FOLLOW] the same pattern as "spise”

     ”Gutten ropet”

The form "sin" is a reflexive pronoun, and can only be used with an antecedent. Try using "hans", "hennes" or "dens[OR DETS]" instead.

     ”Gutten sin sover”