Word
Intervalløkten begynner bare oppvarmingsjoggen er fullført.
Meaning
The interval session begins provided that the warm-up jog is completed.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Intervalløkten begynner bare oppvarmingsjoggen er fullført.
være
to be
begynne
to begin
fullføre
to complete
bare ...
provided that; as long as
Questions & Answers about Intervalløkten begynner bare oppvarmingsjoggen er fullført.
Is this sentence correct Norwegian?
Not quite. As written, it sounds incomplete or ungrammatical to most speakers.
A more natural version would be:
- Intervalløkten begynner bare når oppvarmingsjoggen er fullført.
- Even better in many contexts: Intervalløkten begynner først når oppvarmingsjoggen er fullført.
Why? Because bare usually means only, but here the sentence needs a connector such as når (when) to link the two parts properly. Without når, the relationship between the clauses is unclear.
What does intervalløkten mean grammatically?
Intervalløkten is a compound noun:
- intervall = interval
- økt = session / workout
- -en = the definite ending
So intervalløkten means the interval session or the interval workout.
This is very common in Norwegian: instead of using separate words like in English, Norwegian often builds one long compound noun.
Why does oppvarmingsjoggen have -en at the end too?