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The Present Participle
What is it
The Present Participle is a verb form that is showing an action by describing the person or object. Behaving just as an adjective.
For example: den gøende hund (the barking dog). At gø (to bark) is now functioning as an adjective describing the dog's action.
The Rules
[infinitive verb] +(e)nde
Examples
| Da | En | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| den gøende hund løb rundt | the barking dog was running around | ||||
| det syngende kor var glade | the singing choir were happy | ||||
| de dansende piger lo | the dancing girls laughed | ||||
| de ventende mennesker kedede sig | the waiting people were bored | ||||