ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how to use verbs in the present perfect tense and as an imperative, compound words. It discusses table manners and traditional Norwegian foods, and how things look / appear. The perfect form of the verb is used in combination with helping verb har to form the present perfect. The present perfect is used for an action that occurred at an unspecified time in the past, as well as for something that began in the past and continues indefinitely. The past perfect describes an event that has occurred before something else in the past tense. The imperative, or command form, is created by simply dropping the unstressed -e of the infinitive. Norwegian makes heavy use of compound words. Sometimes they are a combination of an adjective plus a noun, as in the example: favorittmaten. Many Norwegians eat traditional Norwegian foods like meatballs, boiled potatoes, fish, lamb and cabbage. International cuisine has, however, become increasingly popular.
