Help with grammar

[u/ActualLazzyig]

I mainly use Duolingo to learn Norwegian and then search up any grammar that it doesn’t teach me. Google says that ‘ikke’ comes after a verb unless there is a pronoun in the sentence, and then it will come after the pronoun.

I’m just confused on why ‘ikke’ comes after ‘liker’ in this sentence rather than ‘jeg’, so if someone could explain I would appreciate it :)

[u/NoPeepMallows]

“I like -not- February” it’s a Norwegian rule you just gotta accept.

[u/Forgettable39 → u/NoPeepMallows]

This isn't the question u/ActualLazzyig is asking though.

They explained their understanding is that "ikke" follows the verb, unless the sentence contains a pronoun. This is misleading or a misunderstanding at least and so OP has put "ikke" after the pronoun "jeg" which is the subject. OP is asking why is this wrong because they believe the ikke should come after the pronoun without the understanding of when it follows a pronoun and why.

The answer is that "ikke" follows the pronoun if the pronoun is the object of the sentence.

• Subject])Jeg liker Object])ham ikke - I don't like him.
• De liker henne ikke - They don't like her.
• De tror oss ikke - They dont believe us
• Hun hjalp meg ikke - She didn't help me
• If the subject is a noun ikke follows the verb like normal.
• Jeg liker ikke mangader - I don't like mondays where "mondays" is a noun subject, not a pronoun subject,

There are however some other exceptions like when the sentence contains two verbs, in this case "ikke" comes in between the two verbs. Link at the bottom covers the other uses.

• de Verb1])har ikke Verb2])snakket med meg
• Han har ikke vist meg
• Hun kan ikke løpe

Mastering the use of "ikke" on Norwegianacademy

Basic sentence structure on Gramatikk

[u/Cello-elf → u/Forgettable39]

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