fortelja

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish fortælle, from Middle Low German vortellen. Influenced by Old Norse fyrtelja or, respectively, telja.

Verb

fortelja (third person singular past indicative fortaldi, third person plural past indicative fortaldu, supine fortalt)

1. to tell, to narrate, to relate, to recount, to explain

Conjugation

Conjugation of fortelja (group v-18)
infinitive	fortelja
supine	fortalt
participle (a7)1	forteljandi	fortaldur
	present	past
first singular	fortelji	fortaldi
second singular	fortelur	fortaldi
third singular	fortelur	fortaldi
plural	fortelja	fortaldu
	imperative
singular	fortel!
plural	forteljið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• telja
• siga frá

Related terms

• fortala
• forklaga
• forganga
• forbrongla
• forkøla

See also

• tosa
• práta
• spyrja
• svara

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fortelje

Etymology

From Middle Low German vortellen, compare with Old Norse fyrtelja.

Verb

fortelja (present tense fortel, past tense fortalde, past participle fortalt, passive infinitive forteljast, present participle forteljande, imperative fortel)

1. to tell, narrate

   Eg skal fortelja kva som hende.

   I will tell what happened.

See also

• fortelle (Bokmål)

References

• “fortelja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.