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 rundtthe barking dog was running around | |||||
| det syngende kor var gladethe singing choir were happy | |||||
| de dansende piger lothe dancing girls laughed | |||||
| de ventende mennesker kedede sigthe waiting people were bored | |||||