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Days, Months and Telling Time

Days of the week, months of the year, and telling the time in Norwegian. Key trap: 'halv fire' = 3:30, not 4:30!

Learning Goal

I can name days of the week, months, and tell the time including half hours.

Exam Skills:LeseforståelseLytteforståelseMuntligSkriftlig

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

Klokka er halv tre.

It is 2:30.

Vi møtes på onsdag i mai.

We meet on Wednesday in May.

Kvart på åtte om morgenen.

Quarter to eight in the morning (7:45 AM).

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

Dager, måneder og klokka

DagMåned
mandagjanuar
tirsdagfebruar
onsdagmars
torsdagapril
fredagmai
lørdagjuni
søndagjuli / august / september / oktober / november / desember

Klokka

Hva er klokka? — Klokka er tre. (It's three o'clock.)

  • kvart over tre = 3:15
  • halv fire = 3:30 ⚠️ (half towards four!)
  • kvart på fire = 3:45

Digital: Klokka er femten tretti.

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Practice Exercises

'halv fire' = 3:30 (half towards four), NOT 4:30! Days and months written lowercase in Norwegian.

Common Error Patterns

'Halv X' means 30 minutes before X, not 30 minutes after X-1 (halv fire = 3:30, not 4:30)

Wrong preposition with time expressions: 'på' for days, 'i' for months, 'klokka' for clock times

Klokka er halv tre.

It is 2:30.

'Halv tre' = halfway to three = 2:30, not 3:30!

Vi møtes på onsdag i mai.

We meet on Wednesday in May.

Days and months are lowercase in Norwegian. 'på' used with days, 'i' with months.

Kvart på åtte om morgenen.

Quarter to eight in the morning (7:45 AM).

'Kvart på' = quarter to. 'Om morgenen' = in the morning.

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