Vi flytter leirgodset med en gang tørketiden er over.

to be

Breakdown of Vi flytter leirgodset med en gang tørketiden er over.

• vi: we
• flytte: to move
• over: over

Questions & Answers about Vi flytter leirgodset med en gang tørketiden er over.

What does med en gang mean here?

Here it means as soon as.

So:

• med en gang
  • clause = as soon as
• med en gang! on its own often means immediately / right away

In this sentence, it introduces a time clause:

• med en gang tørketiden er over = as soon as the drying time is over

So even though the words literally look like with one time, that is not how you should understand it.

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Why are flytter and er in the present tense if the sentence is about the future?

Because Norwegian often uses the present tense for future events when the timing is clear from the context.

So:

• Vi flytter ... can mean We are moving / We move / We will move ...
• ... tørketiden er over literally uses present tense too, even though in English we also often do this in time clauses: as soon as the drying time is over

This is very normal in Norwegian. You do not need skal here.

Compare:

• Vi flytter leirgodset i morgen. = We’re moving the earthenware tomorrow.
• Vi skal flytte leirgodset i morgen. = We’re going to move the earthenware tomorrow.

Both are possible, but the simple present is very common.

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