Comments on: Norwegian phrase of the day – 03/04/09 (hurtig) http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/ Life, PHP and Symfony - straight from the monkey's mouth Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Russ http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Russ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:57:52 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-307 Oh, by the way - if you are reading this because you subscribe to the Symfony project blog, sorry! My settings were to add a "symfony" category by default to every post, and I forgot to change this one... oops! Oh, by the way – if you are reading this because you subscribe to the Symfony project blog, sorry! My settings were to add a “symfony” category by default to every post, and I forgot to change this one… oops!

]]> By: Russ http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Russ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:18:43 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-305 Ha, I did wonder about that one and my spellchecker told me it was wrong too :p Ha, I did wonder about that one and my spellchecker told me it was wrong too :p

]]> By: Cecilie http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Cecilie Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:07:39 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-303 Just spotted another one: "det var kjempemorsomt å se på alle de hurtigeflyene som kom fra mange land :o)" I'm gonna struggle to explain the grammar... But it is either "alle hurtigflyene" (without e), or "alle de hurtige flyene" (in two words). Alle hurtigflyene means you are talking about all fast planes in general, whilst alle de hurtige flyene means you're more precise about which planes. Just spotted another one: “det var kjempemorsomt å
se på alle de hurtigeflyene som kom fra
mange land :o )”

I’m gonna struggle to explain the grammar… But it is either “alle hurtigflyene” (without e), or “alle de hurtige flyene” (in two words). Alle hurtigflyene means you are talking about all fast planes in general, whilst alle de hurtige flyene means you’re more precise about which planes.

]]> By: Russ http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Russ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:00:07 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-302 I guess that's what I meant when I said maybe it "sounded" ok when the guys read it - even though it was wrong it was not immediately tobvious to spot :) I guess that’s what I meant when I said maybe it “sounded” ok when the guys read it – even though it was wrong it was not immediately tobvious to spot :)

]]> By: Cecilie http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Cecilie Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:55:40 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-301 Taught, not thought... My English is getting worse... You are right thoug Russ, sometimes it is hard to know whether da or når should be used. You will find that in a lot of cases, Norwegians would struggle with what to use too, which is probably why nobody has commented on it here. I have to admit I didn't see it when I read through it the first time. Taught, not thought… My English is getting worse…

You are right thoug Russ, sometimes it is hard to know whether da or når should be used. You will find that in a lot of cases, Norwegians would struggle with what to use too, which is probably why nobody has commented on it here. I have to admit I didn’t see it when I read through it the first time.

]]> By: Russ http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Russ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:55:23 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-300 cool, duly updated - I shall be having a word with the word of the day team next week ;o) cool, duly updated – I shall be having a word with the word of the day team next week ;o)

]]> By: Cecilie http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Cecilie Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:52:05 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-299 At school we were thought "Den gang da og hver gang når" (That time when and everytime when - or something like that...) If it is something that happens repeatedly, you use når, and if it happens once you use da. So it would be Da vi bodde i England. An example of når would be "Når vi går på skolen om morgenen" (when we go to school in the morning), because it happens more than once. Guess it's true that we use Da in in the past and Når in the future too. Never thought about that. At school we were thought “Den gang da og hver gang når” (That time when and everytime when – or something like that…)

If it is something that happens repeatedly, you use når, and if it happens once you use da. So it would be Da vi bodde i England. An example of når would be “Når vi går på skolen om morgenen” (when we go to school in the morning), because it happens more than once. Guess it’s true that we use Da in in the past and Når in the future too. Never thought about that.

]]> By: Russ http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Russ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:46:25 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-298 I think you might be right, but none of "the Norwegians" commented so maybe it "sounded" ok when they read it? Will give one of them a nudge to answer that one for sure. I also thought that generally "når" is a future or question word and "da" is a "past reference" word, so in this case "da" would seem to fit better... I think you might be right, but none of “the Norwegians” commented so maybe it “sounded” ok when they read it?

Will give one of them a nudge to answer that one for sure. I also thought that generally “når” is a future or question word and “da” is a “past reference” word, so in this case “da” would seem to fit better…

]]> By: wojak http://eatmymonkeydust.com/2009/04/norwegian-phrase-of-the-day-030409-hurtig/comment-page-1/#comment-297 wojak Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:34:28 +0000 http://eatmymonkeydust.com/?p=166#comment-297 Hvis du skriver om fortiden, skal du bruke «da» istedenfor «når». Så det skal være «Da vi bodde i England, prøvde ..» Hvis du skriver om fortiden, skal du bruke «da» istedenfor «når». Så det skal være «Da vi bodde i England, prøvde ..»

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