Comments on: What’s the Time? Telling the Time in Norwegian /telling-the-time-in-norwegian/ All Things Norway, In English Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alina /telling-the-time-in-norwegian/#comment-1002914 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:57:52 +0000 /?p=66247#comment-1002914 The half-hour method of telling time (half-hour, minutes to half, minutes past half) is rooted in the 12-hour analogue clock. Because it’s so ingrained in the language, we still use this old way of telling time, but we never expanded its usage to hours past 12 when we adopted the 24-hour clock. That’s why 12:30 is “tolv tretti” (modern reading) or “halv ett” (traditional reading), but never “halv tretten”.

]]> By: Rosalie /telling-the-time-in-norwegian/#comment-994604 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:59:44 +0000 /?p=66247#comment-994604 Just to add…. when I learnt Norwegian I learnt Hva er klokka rather than Hvor mye er klokka.

]]> By: Gretha /telling-the-time-in-norwegian/#comment-994445 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 23:40:52 +0000 /?p=66247#comment-994445 I am Norwegian and see nothing wrong with how we tell time. So when my family goes to Norway I have to tell them. My friend was going to the US ant told the people to pick her up at 13:30 they neve showed up.

]]> By: Daniel Albert /telling-the-time-in-norwegian/#comment-994385 Sat, 02 Oct 2021 05:54:01 +0000 /?p=66247#comment-994385 In reply to Gill.

Glad I could help ☺️

]]> By: Gill /telling-the-time-in-norwegian/#comment-994374 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:14:50 +0000 /?p=66247#comment-994374 Thank you so much for your article. I’m trying to learn Norwegian on Duolingo but I truly thought I was completely stupid when it came to telling the time – especially the half hours! I could see what was happening but had no idea why. It’s all really clear to me now 😳😂

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