Editing Nynorsk (section)

====Ergative verbs====
There are [[ergative verb]]s in both Bokmål and Nynorsk. A verb in Norwegian that is ergative has two different conjugations, either weak or strong. The two different conjugation patterns, though similar, have two different meanings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elevrom.sprakradet.no/skolen/minigrammatikk/tema/parverb|title=Språkrådet|website=elevrom.sprakradet.no|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref> A verb with a weak conjugation as in the section above, will have an object, that is, the weak conjugated verb is [[Transitive verb|transitive]]. The verb with strong conjugation will not have an object. The strongly conjugated verbs are [[Intransitive verb|intransitive]]. The system of ergative verbs is more pronounced in Nynorsk than in Bokmål. An ergative verb in Bokmål will have two different conjugations only for the [[preterite]] tense for strong verbs due to the influence of Danish that did not have strong ergative verbs, while all ergative verbs in Nynorsk have two different conjugations for all tenses like Swedish. Ergative verbs are also very common in Norwegian dialects, like in the following example.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ergative verb ''brenne'' (to burn)
![[Infinitive]]
![[Present tense|present]]
![[preterite]]
![[present perfect]]
![[Participle|perfect participle]], masc/fem
![[Participle|perfect participle]], neuter
|-
|rowspan=2|''å brenne''
|''brenn''
|''brann''
|''har brunne''
|''brunnen''
|''brunne''
|-
|''brenner''
|''brende''
|''har brent''
|''brend''
|''brent''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Example, ergative verb brenne''
!Norwegian
!English
|-
|''Låven '''brenn'''''
|The barn is burning (intransitive)
|-
|''Hytta '''brann'''''
|The cabin was burning (intransitive)
|-
|''Eg '''brenner''' ned huset''
|I'm burning down the house (transitive)
|-
|''Eg '''brende''' ned treet''
|I burned down the tree (transitive)
|}
Other verbs that are ergative are often j-verbs; ''liggje'' (to lie down), ''leggje'' (to lay down). These are differentiated for all tenses, just like Bokmål.