NORWEGIAN CULTURE

Phrase Pronunciation English
Når foregår innsjekkingen? nohr fohr-eh-gohr eenn-shehk-keeng-ehn What time is check-in?
Innsjekkingen begynner klokka halv fem? eenn-shehk-keeng-ehn beh-jeen-nehr klohk-kahahll fehmm Check in starts at 4:30.

 

Time at 1/2 past the hour Pronunciation English
halv ett hahll ehtt 12:30
halv to hahll too 1:30
halv tre hahll treh 2:30
halv fire hahll fee-reh 3:30
halv fem hahll fehmm 4:30
halv seks hahll sehks 5:30
halv sju hahll shew 6:30
halv åtte hahll oht-teh 7:30
halv ni hahll nee 8:30
halv ti hahll tee 9:30
halv elleve hahll ehll-veh 10:30
halv tolv hahll tohll 11:30

In the train station you may hear the half-hour times announced as:

 

Practice Pronunciation English
ett tretti ehtt treht-tee 1:30 a.m.
to tretti too treht-tee 2:30 a.m.
tre tretti treh treht-tee 3:30 a.m.
Now it’s your turn to fill in the rest:
________________________ 4:30 a.m.
________________________ 5:30 a.m.
________________________ 6:30 a.m.
________________________ 7:30 a.m.
________________________ 8:30 a.m.
________________________ 9:30 a.m.
________________________ 10:30 a.m.
________________________ 11:30 a.m.
tolv tretti 12:30 p.m.
tretten tretti 13:30 p.m.
fjorteen tretti 14:30 p.m.
femten tretti 15:30 p.m.
Etc.
tjuefire tretti (zero thirty) 12:30 a.m.
Når lander flyet i Trondheim? nohr lahn-nehr flee-eh ee troon-haim When does the plane get in (land) in Trondheim?
Det lander klokka fem. deh lahn-ner klohk-kah fehmm It lands at 5 p.m.

You call your friend to arrange for pick up at the airport.

Arranging an airport pickup Pronunciation English
Du kan hente meg klokka kvart over fem. dew kahn hehn-teh mai klohk-kah kohvahrt oh-vehr femm You may pick me up at a quarter past five.
kvart over ett kohvahrt oh-vehr ehtt quarter past one
kvart over to kohvahrt oh-vehr too quarter past two
Now it’s your turn to fill in the rest:
________________________ quarter past three
________________________ quarter past four
________________________ quarter past five
________________________ quarter past six
________________________ quarter past seven
________________________ quarter past eight
________________________ quarter past nine
________________________ quarter past ten
________________________ quarter past eleven

 

Now it’s your turn to fill in the rest:
Practice Pronunciation English
________________________ quarter past three
________________________ quarter past four
________________________ quarter past five
________________________ quarter past six
________________________ quarter past seven
________________________ quarter past eight
________________________ quarter past nine
________________________ quarter past ten
________________________ quarter past eleven