fortælle

== Danish == === Etymology === Equivalent to for- +‎ tælle, after Middle Low German vortellen (“tell”). Compare, with a different prefix, German erzählen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔˈtɛlˀə/, [fʌˈtˢelˀə], [fɒ̽ˈtsʰelˀl̩] === Verb === fortælle (imperative fortæl, infinitive at fortælle, present tense fortæller, past tense fortalte, perfect tense fortalt) to tell, to report to narrate ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fortælling === References === “fortælle” in Den Danske Ordbog