gjera
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- gjere
- (former reform[s] only): gjøra, gjøre
Etymology
From Old Norse gera and gerva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²jeːrɑ/ (example of pronunciation)
Verb
gjera (present tense gjer, past tense gjorde, past participle gjort, passive infinitive gjerast, present participle gjerande, imperative gjer)
- do
- Eg skal gjera det.
- I shall do it.
- Eg skal gjera det.
- make
- 1855, Ivar Aasen, Ervingen:
- Eg var tenkt aa gjera mange Umsnuingar paa Garden.
- I was going to make many changes on the farm.
- Eg var tenkt aa gjera mange Umsnuingar paa Garden.
- 1855, Ivar Aasen, Ervingen:
References
- “gjera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gera and gerva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [(c)ʝèːɾɐ], [cçèːɾɐ], [d̥ɕèːɾɐ], [d̥ɕòːɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -èːrɐ, -ɛ̀ːrɐ, -jèːrɐ
- (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -èːðɐ, -èːrɐ, -jèːrɐ
Verb
gjera (present gjer, plural gjera, preterite gjol, supine gjodht, imperative gjer, plural gjerän)
- (transitive) to do
- Rå du gjera hä?
- Are you able to do it?
- Tråmä ji hä gjer
- I will certainly not do that.
- Hä var göli gjodht
- It was badly done.
- Ji gjol ill mäg vä knivom
- I hurt myself (cut myself) on the knife.
- hä var just lögom åt däg, du hadd int gjera der
- That was just what you deserved; you had no business there.
- Rå du gjera hä?
- (transitive) to make
- Gjer ’óm en sylmån länger!
- Make it a little longer!
- Gjer ’óm en sylmån länger!
- (imperative, negated, with infinitive) need
- do djer ånt koma höyt
- you need not come here
- djera di äint fara
- they need not go
- di djåoḷ äint ânne heva vâtne uti gröytn
- they only needed to pour water into the pot
- do djer ånt koma höyt
Derived terms
- gjera bódht
- gjera ópp
- kvällsgjera
- nästgjera
- vorgjera
Related terms
- gjäl
- gjer