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Tall, klokka og dager (Numbers, time and days)

Numbers to 100, telling the time, days and months.

12 minutes · A free lesson from A1: Første steg (first steps) · Roman and Urdu pronunciation guides and English meanings are shown under each phrase

Numbers

elleve, tolv, trettenSay: ehllehvuh, tol, trehtuhnاےللےوَ, تول, ترےتَنMeans: eleven, twelve, thirteen11, 12, 13
tjueSay: shoouhشُوَMeans: twenty20
tjueenSay: shooehuhnشُوےَنMeans: twenty-one21 — the tens come first, as in English
enogtjueSay: ehnogshoouhاےنوگشُوَMeans: twenty-one (the older way: one-and-twenty)21 in the older way of counting (one-and-twenty), which you will still hear
trettifemSay: trehteefuhmترےتیفَمMeans: thirty-five35
hundreSay: hunnruhہُننرَMeans: a hundred100

Telling the time: Klokka er tre (3:00) · kvart over tre (3:15) · halv fire (3:30) · kvart på fire (3:45).

Klokka er treSay kloka ehr trehکلوکا اےر ترےMeans: It is three o'clock
kvart over treSay kvart oovuhr trehکوارت اُووَر ترےMeans: quarter past three
halv fireSay hal feeruhہال فیرَMeans: half past three (literally: half to four)
kvart på fireSay kvart poh feeruhکوارت پو فیرَMeans: quarter to four

Quick check: "Klokka er halv åtte." What time is it?Say: kloka ehr hal otuhکلوکا اےر ہال اوتَ

  1. 8:30
  2. 7:30
  3. 8:15
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B: 7:30

Days of the week

mandagSay: mannaمانناMeans: MondayMonday
tirsdagSay: tishdaتِشداMeans: TuesdayTuesday
onsdagSay: onsdaاونسداMeans: WednesdayWednesday
torsdagSay: toshdaتوشداMeans: ThursdayThursday
fredagSay: frehdaفرےداMeans: FridayFriday
lørdagSay: loerdaلوےرداMeans: SaturdaySaturday
søndagSay: soennaسوےنناMeans: SundaySunday

Lesson quiz

Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.

Quick check: What time is “kvart på fire”?

  1. 4:15
  2. 4:45
  3. 3:45
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C: 3:45 — kvart på fire is a quarter to four. A quarter past four is kvart over fire.

Quick check: What time is “fem på halv fire”?

  1. 3:25
  2. 4:25
  3. 3:35
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A: 3:25 — halv fire is 3:30, so five minutes before it is 3:25.

Quick check: What number is “tjuefem”?

  1. 52
  2. 25
  3. 15
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B: 25 — tjue (20) and fem (5): 25. The tens come first, as in English.

Quick check: How are days of the week written in Norwegian?

  1. With a capital letter: Mandag
  2. In capitals: MANDAG
  3. With a small letter: mandag
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C: With a small letter: mandag — Days and months take a small letter: på mandag, i januar.

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