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Subject-Verb Inversion
The subject can occur behind the first verb in a main clause in the following cases:
(1) Main clause yes-no-question:
Hoppet du?
“did you jump?”
(2) Main clause constituent question:
Hva skjenket du henne?
“what did you give her?”
| Hva |
| hva |
| whatNEUTSGQ |
| PROint |
| skjenket |
| skjenke | t |
| give | PRET |
| V |
| henne? |
| henne? |
| 3SGFEMACC |
| PN |
(3) Fronted adverbial in declarative main clause:
Idag har hun hoppet langt.
“today she has jumped far”
| hoppet |
| hoppe | t |
| jump | PRFPTCP |
| V |
(4) Topicalized noun phrase in declarative main clause:
Gaver skjenket hun ham hver dag.
“gifts she gave him every day”
| skjenket |
| skjenke | t |
| give | PRET |
| V |
| hver |
| hver |
| everyCOMMSG |
| QUANT |
In all cases the subject is moved behind the finite verb; this is generally referred to as Subject-Verb Inversion. In (1) this is all that happens, while in the other cases, an element is 'fronted', so to say taking over the original place of the subject.
Related pages
Sentence syntax - Norwegian
Sentence adverbials in Norwegian