mase II homograph 2

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. streveto struggle, toil · to strive (for something), kave (II, 2)to struggle to toilstreve, to strugglekave (II, 2)
   • mase med husarbeid hele dagen to slog away at housework all day
2. formane titt og ofte;
   be innstendig;
   tigge (1)to beg, gnåleto nag to admonish over and over again;
   to ask insistently;
   to begtigge (1), to naggnåle
   • faren maser på barna for å få dem til å rydde opp the father keeps on at the children to get them to tidy up
   • ikke mas slik! don't nag like that!
   • han maste om å få være med he kept pestering to be allowed to come along
   • hun maste seg til det she nagged until she got it
3. prateto talk, to chat to talk, to chatprate
   • de ble sittende og mase lenge etter at lunsjpausen var over they sat chatting long after the lunch break was over

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