snakka

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsnakːa/

Verb

snakka (third person singular past indicative snakkaði, third person plural past indicative snakkaðu, supine snakkað)

  1. to talk, chat, speak

Conjugation
Conjugation of snakka (group v-30)
infinitive snakka
supine snakkað
participle (a6)1 snakkandi snakkaður
present past
first singular snakki snakkaði
second singular snakkar snakkaði
third singular snakkar snakkaði
plural snakka snakkaðu
imperative
singular snakka!
plural snakkið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

snakka

  1. inflection of snakke:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (“to speak, talk”).

Verb

snakka (present tense snakkar, past tense snakka, past participle snakka, passive infinitive snakkast, present participle snakkande, imperative snakka/snakk)

  1. to talk
    Det har me ikkje snakka om.
    We haven't talked about that.

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Russenorsk: snakka

References

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk snakka

Verb

snakka

  1. to speak, to talk

Synonyms

References
  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
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