Han liker å sykle om morgenen.

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Breakdown of Han liker å sykle om morgenen.

• å: to
• like: to like
• morgenen: the morning

Questions & Answers about Han liker å sykle om morgenen.

Why is there å before sykle, and why doesn't sykle become sykler after liker?

In Norwegian, verbs of liking (for example liker, elsker, hater) are followed by an infinitive verb. The infinitive is always introduced by å, which corresponds to English to. That verb then stays in its base form (ends in -e) and never changes for person or number.

• Correct: Han liker å sykle (“He likes to cycle”)
• Incorrect: Han liker sykler or Han liker å sykler

Why do we say om morgenen to mean “in the morning”, and why is morgenen in the definite form?

When you talk about habitual times of day in standard Bokmål, you use om + the definite singular noun:

• om morgenen (in the morning)
• om ettermiddagen (in the afternoon)
• om kvelden (in the evening)
• om natten (at night)
  The -en ending marks morgenen as “the morning,” but with om it’s understood generically: “in the mornings” or “in the morning” as a repeated event.

Can I say på morgenen or just drop om and say morgenen?