| Basics
of telling time |
Pronunciation |
English |
| Hva er klokka? |
vah aer klohk-kah |
What's the time? |
| Klokka er ______________. |
klohk-kah aer ______________ |
It's ___________ o'clock. |
| ett |
ehtt |
one |
| to |
too |
two |
| tre |
treh |
three |
| fire |
fee-reh |
four |
| fem |
fehmm |
five |
| seks |
sehks |
six |
| sju |
shew |
seven |
| åtte |
oht-teh |
eight |
| ni |
nee |
nine |
| ti |
tee |
ten |
| elleve |
ehll-veh |
eleven |
| tolv |
tohll |
twelve (noon) |
Norwegians don't use a.m. and p.m.;
but if it is not obvious whether the time is, for example,
four a.m. or p.m., they might say: |
| Klokka er fire om natta. |
klohk-kah aer fee-reh ohmm
naht-tah |
It's four at night. |
| Klokka er fire om ettermiddagen. |
klohk-kah aer fee-reh ohmm
eht-tehr-meed-dahg-ehn |
It's four in the afternoon. |
or |
| Klokka er sju om morgenen. |
klohk-kah aer shew ohmm moh-rehn-nehn |
It's seven in the morning. |
Sometimes, to be totally precise,
time is told in numbers from one to 24. It is often
used, for example, in time schedules or when departures
or arrivals are announced in train stations, e.g. |
| Klokka er tjuefire. |
Klohk-ka er kjew-eh-fee-reh |
It's midnight. |
| Klokka er ______________. |
klohk-kah aer |
It's ___________ p.m. |
| tretten (13) |
treht-tehn |
one (p.m.) |
| fjorten (14) |
fjoor-tehn |
two (p.m.) |
| femten (15) |
fehmm-tehn |
three (p.m.) |
| seksten (16) |
sais-tehn |
four (p.m.) |
| sytten (17) |
suht-tehn |
five (p.m.) |
| atten (18) |
aht-tehn |
six (p.m.) |
| nitten (19) |
neet-tehn |
seven (p.m.) |
| tjue (20) |
kjew-eh |
eight (p.m.) |
| tjueen (21) |
kjew-eh-ehn |
nine (p.m.) |
| tjueto (22) |
kjew-eh-too |
ten (p.m.) |
| tjuetre (23) |
kjew-eh-treh |
eleven |
| tjuefire (24) |
kjew-eh-fee-reh |
twelve (midnight) |
