Tidsbegrensningen i strategispillet er kort.

The time limit in the strategy game is short.

Breakdown of Tidsbegrensningen i strategispillet er kort.

• være: to be
• i: in
• kort: short
• tidsbegrensningen: the time limit

Questions & Answers about Tidsbegrensningen i strategispillet er kort.

Why is tidsbegrensningen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

Here, tidsbegrensningen is built from:

• tid = time
• begrensning = limitation / restriction

So tidsbegrensning means time limit or time restriction as one noun.

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English often uses separate words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

Examples:

• strategispill = strategy game
• sommerferie = summer holiday
• togstasjon = train station

So seeing long nouns like this is completely normal.

What does the ending -en in tidsbegrensningen mean?

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for many Norwegian nouns. It corresponds to English the.

So:

• en tidsbegrensning = a time limit
• tidsbegrensningen = the time limit

Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word in front.

In this sentence, tidsbegrensningen is definite because it means the time limit, not just a time limit.

Why is strategispillet also one word, and why does it end in -et?