What time is it?<\/p>\n
Klokka er….<\/strong><\/p>\n It is…<\/p>\n I can’t believe I haven’t written a post on TIME (tid) <\/strong>yet!<\/p>\n The way Norwegians\u00a0express time is much different than the way Americans do.\u00a0 We simply say for example “It is five thirty” meaning it is\u00a0thirty minutes past 5 o’clock.\u00a0 Or “it is quarter to seven” meaning it is\u00a0six forty-five.\u00a0 And unless you are in the military, you would write 5:30 and 6:45 respectively.\u00a0 In Norway to say 5:30 requires a little more thought.\ufffd It involves the number 6, surprisingly.\u00a0 5:30 is actually thought of as half the way to 6 from 5, so p\u00e5 norsk <\/strong>it is “halv seks<\/strong>” (half six) and it is written 05.30<\/strong> (if it’s am that is…).\u00a0 If it is 5:30\u00a0pm, you would write 17.30<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Basically, Norwegian always use the military method of telling time when\u00a0the time\u00a0is written.<\/p>\n Let’s practice another half hour time.\u00a0 Let’s say 11:30.\u00a0 P\u00e5 norsk <\/strong>11:30 would be said “halv tolv<\/strong>” (half twelve) and written 11.30<\/strong> if am and 23.30<\/strong> if pm.\u00a0 12:30 is said, and pay attention here, “halv ett<\/strong>” (not halv en<\/strong> as you might expect.\u00a0 When it concerns time, one is always ett<\/strong>) and written 00.30<\/strong> if am and 12.30<\/strong> if pm.\u00a0 As you can see, instead of using a colon to separate hours (timer<\/strong>) and minutes (minutter<\/strong>), you just use a period.\u00a0 Also, as a general rule if there is only a single digit or zero digits for the hour (starting with 12:30 am and continuting to 9:30 pm), you still use 4 spaces.\u00a0 00.00 is the format and fill in the numbers as needed.<\/p>\n Now let’s move on to quarter to and quarter past.\u00a0 Quarter two p\u00e5 norsk <\/strong>is kvart p\u00e5 <\/strong>(kvart <\/strong>meaning “quarter”) and kvart over <\/strong>for quarter past.\u00a0 2:45 would then be said kvart p\u00e5 tre <\/strong>(written 02.45 <\/strong>if am and 14.45 <\/strong>if pm)\u00a0<\/strong>and 3:15 would be said kvart over tre <\/strong>(written either 03.15<\/strong> if am and 15.15<\/strong> if pm).<\/p>\n If the time falls directly on an hour, that is, with no minutes, one simply says klokka er fem <\/strong>(it is 5 o’clock) or klokka er ti <\/strong>(it is 10 o’clock).<\/p>\n So what about the in between times-those that don’t fall on either quarter, half, or directly on the hour?\u00a0 Think of the clock in quarters and halves.\u00a0 If it is 5:10, the time falls in the first quarter of the clock (going clockwise, of course) and thus you refer to the hour.\u00a0 You say ti over fem <\/strong>(ten after five<\/span>).\u00a0 If it is 5:16, the time falls in the second quarter, refer to the half-point and then remember what we do with 30 minutes after the hour.\u00a0\u00a0You would\u00a0say fjorten p\u00e5\u00a0halv seks<\/strong> (fourteen to half six).\u00a0 I know, it seems weird, but once you get used to it, it’s not so bad.\u00a0 Just think of the clock in quarters and halves.\u00a0 \u00a0Now let’s try the second half of the clock.\u00a0 How about 7:32?\u00a0 This time falls in the 3rd quarter of the clock and thus, like the second quarter, you will use the half-way point as your reference.\u00a0 7:32 would be to over halv \u00e5tte <\/strong>(two after half eight).\u00a0 And, last but not least, 9:54 is in the fourth quarter and thus would reference the full hour.\u00a0 9:54 would be seks p\u00e5 ti <\/strong>six to ten).<\/p>\n Clear as mud?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \ufffd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What time is it? Klokka er…. It is… I can’t believe I haven’t written a post on TIME (tid) yet! The way Norwegians\u00a0express time is much different than the way Americans do.\u00a0 We simply say for example “It is five thirty” meaning it is\u00a0thirty minutes past 5 o’clock.\u00a0 Or “it is quarter to seven” meaning…<\/p>\n