NORWEGIAN CULTURE
| Phrase | Pronunciation | English |
| I dag skal vi reise med fly fra Oslo til Trondheim. | ee dahgh skahl vee rai-seh meh flee frah oos-loh teel troon-haim | Today we shall travel by plane from Oslo to Trondheim. |
| På flyplassen | poh flee-plahs-sehn | At the airport |
| Når går neste fly til Trondheim? | nohr gohr nehs-teh flee teel troon-haim | When is the next flight to Trondheim? |
| Det går klokka fire. | deh gohr klohk-kah fee-reh | It leaves at four. |
| 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) |
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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:
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| 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. |
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| Klokka er sju om morgenen. | klohk-kah aer shew ohmm moh-rehn-nehn | It’s seven in the morning. |
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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.
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| 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) |