Han liker å sykle om morgenen.

He likes to cycle in the morning.

Breakdown of Han liker å sykle om morgenen.

• han: he
• å: to
• like: to like
• morgenen: the morning
• om: in
• sykle: to cycle

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?

In standard Norwegian, om morgenen is the fixed expression for a habitual time.

• På morgenen is dialectal or colloquial and not recommended in formal speech or writing.
• Omitting om entirely (just morgenen) would be ungrammatical here; the pattern requires om
  • definite noun.

Is there another way to express “every morning” instead of om morgenen?

Yes—use hver morgen, which literally means “each morning” or “every morning.” For example:

• Han liker å sykle hver morgen.
  This stresses that he does it each and every morning, whereas om morgenen highlights the time of day in general.

What’s the difference between Han liker å sykle om morgenen and Han sykler om morgenen?

• Han liker å sykle om morgenen = “He likes to cycle in the morning.” (focus on his preference)
• Han sykler om morgenen = “He cycles in the morning.” (focus on the action or routine)

I’ve seen i morgen a lot. Does i morgen mean “in the morning” too?

No. i morgen always means “tomorrow.”

• To talk about mornings in general, use om morgenen.
• If you want to say “tomorrow morning,” you say i morgen tidlig or i morgen morges.