{"id":89,"date":"2009-06-03T08:26:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T12:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=89"},"modified":"2009-06-03T08:26:03","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T12:26:03","slug":"the-passage-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/the-passage-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"the passage of time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think it’s about time I address the concept of time since there are so many words that describe it and stand for it.\u00a0 You might be wondering what I mean.\u00a0 I mean days of the week, months in the year, long ago, in the future, tomorrow, etc.\u00a0 So we’ll be looking at both nouns and adverbs.\u00a0 Let’s start learning about tid <\/strong>(time)-pronounced “teeeed” with a soft “d”<\/p>\n

First, let’s go through the months of the year.\u00a0 Notice that they are not capitalized (unless of course they begin a sentence, which they rarely ever do).\u00a0 I will list them in chronological order.<\/p>\n

januar<\/strong> pronounced “yahn-you-ahr”<\/p>\n

februar <\/strong>pronounced “feb-roo-ahr”<\/p>\n

mars <\/strong>pronounced “marsh”<\/p>\n

april <\/strong>pronounced “ah-preel”<\/p>\n

mai <\/strong>pronounced “my” but the ‘ai’ <\/strong>is a dipthong so you say the ‘a’ first and then the ‘i’ so it sounds a bit different than ‘y’<\/p>\n

juni <\/strong>pronounced “yoo-nee”<\/p>\n

juli <\/strong>pronouned “yoo-lee”<\/p>\n

august <\/strong>pronouned “ow-goost”–refer to the post I wrote on vowels to learn more about the ‘u<\/strong>‘ sound.<\/p>\n

september <\/strong>pronounced “september” with a flipped ‘r<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n

oktober <\/strong>pronouned “ohk-toh-ber” with a flipped ‘r<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n

november <\/strong>pronounced “no-vem-ber” with a flipped ‘r<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n

desember <\/strong>pronounced “deh-sem-ber” with a flipped ‘r<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n

Mostly cognates, piece of cake, right?\u00a0 Just remember some of the minor spelling differences<\/p>\n

Ok, on to days of the week…<\/p>\n

mandag <\/strong>pronounced “mahn-dog”<\/p>\n

tirsdag <\/strong>pronounced “teersh-dog”<\/p>\n

onsdag <\/strong>pronounced “oons-dog”<\/p>\n

torsdag <\/strong>pronounced “toorsh-dog”<\/p>\n

fredag <\/strong>pronounced “fray-dog”<\/p>\n

l\u00f8rdag <\/strong>pronounced “lur-dog”<\/p>\n

s\u00f8ndag <\/strong>pronounced “suhn-dog”\u00a0 (consult vowel post for details on the “\u00f8<\/strong>” sound<\/p>\n

Ok, now here are some other important words that are associated with time.<\/p>\n

et minutt <\/strong>-a minute<\/p>\n

en time <\/strong>an hour (pronounced “teem-eh”)<\/p>\n

en dag <\/strong>a day (pronounced “dog”)<\/p>\n

en uke <\/strong>a week (pronounced “ook-eh”)<\/p>\n

en m\u00e5ned <\/strong>a month (pronounced “moan-ed”)<\/p>\n

et \u00e5r <\/strong>a year (pronounced “oar”)<\/p>\n

et ti\u00e5r <\/strong>a decade (pronouned “tee-oar”)<\/p>\n

And then we have seasons….<\/p>\n

sommer <\/strong>(summer), h\u00f8st <\/strong>(fall), vinter <\/strong>(winter), and v\u00e5r <\/strong>(spring).<\/p>\n

Now a few adverbs to finish the tid tema <\/strong>(time theme)<\/p>\n

i dag\u00a0<\/strong>– today (i <\/strong>is pronouned “ee”)<\/p>\n

i morgen\u00a0<\/strong>– tomorrow<\/p>\n

i g\u00e5r\u00a0<\/strong>– yesterday<\/p>\n

i\u00a0\u00e5r – <\/strong>this year<\/p>\n

neste \u00e5r\u00a0<\/strong>– next year<\/p>\n

i fjor\u00a0<\/strong>– last year<\/p>\n

n\u00e5\u00a0<\/strong>– now<\/p>\n

da <\/strong>– then<\/p>\n

I think that’s enough for now, but if I think of any more, I’ll write another post.\u00a0 Perhaps next post I will try to use most of these words in sentences and write a little story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

N\u00e5 er det tid for meg \u00e5 spise frokost og gj\u00f8re meg klar til arbeid.\u00a0 <\/strong>Now it’s time for me to eat breakfast and get ready for work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think it’s about time I address the concept of time since there are so many words that describe it and stand for it.\u00a0 You might be wondering what I mean.\u00a0 I mean days of the week, months in the year, long ago, in the future, tomorrow, etc.\u00a0 So we’ll be looking at both nouns…<\/p>\n

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