Vi møtes på flyplassen tidlig i morgen.

We meet at the airport early tomorrow.

Breakdown of Vi møtes på flyplassen tidlig i morgen.

• vi: we
• i morgen: tomorrow
• møte: to meet
• tidlig: early
• på: at
• flyplassen: the airport

Questions & Answers about Vi møtes på flyplassen tidlig i morgen.

What does møtes mean here, and how is it different from møte?

Møtes is the present-tense reciprocal (or passive) form of å møte (“to meet”). In Vi møtes you’re saying “we meet each other” (i.e. “we’ll meet”). By contrast, Vi møter someone (e.g. Vi møter henne) is transitive: “we meet her.” The -s ending signals that the action is mutual or passive.

Why is the verb in present tense when the meeting is tomorrow?

Norwegian commonly uses the present tense for planned or scheduled future events. Vi møtes can be understood as “We’re meeting” or “We’ll meet.” You don’t need a special future form to talk about near-future arrangements.

Why is it på flyplassen and not i flyplassen?

In Norwegian, certain public or open spaces take på (“on/at”) rather than i (“in”). Examples:

• på skolen (at school)
• på jobb (at work)
• på butikken (at the store)
• på flyplassen (at the airport)
  Use i for enclosed spaces (e.g. i huset, “in the house”).

Why isn’t there a separate word for “the” before flyplassen?

Bokmål attaches the definite article as a suffix to the noun.

• flyplass = “airport”
• flyplassen = “the airport”
  So you don’t need a separate den or the.

What’s the difference between tidlig i morgen and i morgen tidlig?

Both mean “early tomorrow (morning).”

• Tidlig i morgen = “early tomorrow.”
• I morgen tidlig = “tomorrow early.”
  In conversation i morgen tidlig is slightly more common, but both are correct and interchangeable.

Can I put tidlig i morgen somewhere else in the sentence?

Yes. Norwegian adverbial time expressions are quite flexible. You can say:
• Vi møtes på flyplassen tidlig i morgen. (time at end)
• Tidlig i morgen møtes vi på flyplassen. (time at front)
• Vi møtes tidlig i morgen på flyplassen. (less usual but possible)
Just remember the finite verb stays in second position (the V2 rule).

Why is i morgen two separate words, not one like “imorgen”?

In standard Bokmål i (“in/tomorrow”) + morgen (“morning”) are always written separately: i morgen. The one-word form imorgen is nonstandard or dialectal.

Could I use a different verb like treffes instead of møtes?

Yes. Vi treffes also means “we’ll meet each other,” but it’s a bit more formal or written. Møtes is more neutral and common in everyday speech.