Vi reiser til Oslo år etter år.

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Breakdown of Vi reiser til Oslo år etter år.

• til: to
• Oslo: Oslo
• reise: to travel

Questions & Answers about Vi reiser til Oslo år etter år.

What does reiser mean and what tense is it?

Reiser is the present‐tense form of the verb reise (“to travel”). With the subject vi (“we”) it literally means “we travel.” In Norwegian the simple present often expresses habitual or repeated actions, so here it conveys “we (habitually) travel to Oslo.”

Why is til used before Oslo and what does it translate to?

Til is the preposition that corresponds to English “to” when indicating direction or destination. Thus til Oslo simply means “to Oslo.”

Why is there no article before Oslo? Could you ever say til det Oslo?

City names and other proper nouns don’t take a definite article in Norwegian. You always say til Oslo, never til det Oslo or til en Oslo.

What does the phrase år etter år mean?

Literally it’s “year after year.” It’s an idiomatic expression for an action that repeats over many years. In English you’d say “year after year” or “year in, year out.”

Can I use hvert år instead of år etter år, or is there a difference?