fortælle

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Danish

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Etymology

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Equivalent to for-tælle, after Middle Low German vortellen (tell). Compare, with a different prefix, German erzählen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɔˈtɛlˀə/, [fʌˈtˢelˀə], [fɒ̽ˈtsʰelˀl̩]

Verb

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fortælle (imperative fortæl, infinitive at fortælle, present tense fortæller, past tense fortalte, perfect tense har fortalt)

  1. to tell, to report
  2. to narrate

Usage notes

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Note that fortælle does not require the recipient of the story to be explicitly marked as an indirect object:

Fortæl, hvad der er sket. or Fortæl mig, hvad der er sket.
Han fortalte aldrig om sin fortid. or Han fortalte dem aldrig om sin fortid.

Conjugation

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