Passordbyttet tar tid.

the time

Breakdown of Passordbyttet tar tid.

• ta: to take
• passordbyttet: the password change

Questions & Answers about Passordbyttet tar tid.

What does passordbyttet literally consist of?

It is a compound noun:

• passord = password
• bytte = change / switch

So passordbytte means password change.

The form in the sentence is passordbyttet, which is the definite singular form: the password change.

Why does passordbytte become passordbyttet here?

Because Norwegian often adds an ending to the noun to show the.

For a neuter noun like et passordbytte, the definite singular is usually formed with -t or -et:

• et passordbytte = a password change
• passordbyttet = the password change

So passordbyttet tar tid literally means the password change takes time.

Why is there no separate word for the, like in English?

In Norwegian, definiteness is often built into the noun itself instead of using a separate article.

Compare:

• English: the password change
• Norwegian: passordbyttet

This is very common in Scandinavian languages. The noun ending does the job that the does in English.

Why is it tar tid and not something like tar en tid?