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Lønnen settes automatisk inn på konto den første dagen i måneden.

Lønnen settes automatisk inn på konto den første dagen i måneden.
The salary is automatically deposited into the account on the first day of the month.
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Questions & Answers about Lønnen settes automatisk inn på konto den første dagen i måneden.

What is the voice and tense of settes in the sentence, and how does it relate to inn?
Settes is the present-tense passive form of the verb sette (to put). Because sette inn is a separable verb meaning “to deposit,” in the passive you use settes and keep the particle inn with the infinitive. So Lønnen settes inn literally means “The salary is being deposited.”
What does sette inn mean here?

Sette inn means to deposit (money). It combines:

  • sette = to put
  • inn = in

In context, it specifically means “to put money into an account.”

Why is automatisk placed between settes and inn?

Norwegian adverbs of manner (like automatisk) typically follow the finite verb. With a separable verb in passive form, the structure is:
finite passive verb + adverb + particle
Hence: settes + automatisk + inn.

Why is there no article before konto in på konto?
The phrase på konto is a fixed expression meaning “into an (unspecified) account.” It’s indefinite here. If you want to refer to a specific account, you’d say på kontoen (the account).
How would you say “deposited into your account”?

Use the definite form plus a possessive pronoun:
Lønnen settes automatisk inn på kontoen din.

What does den første dagen i måneden mean, and why is den used?
Den første dagen i måneden translates as on the first day of the month. The word den is the definite article required before an ordinal number (første = first) when specifying “the first _.”
Why is the preposition i used in i måneden instead of på måneden?

In Norwegian:

  • i is used with longer time periods like months (i januar, i måneden).
  • på is used with days (på mandag) or exact dates (på den første).
    Here i correctly indicates “during/in the month.”
Can you change the word order and start with Den første dagen i måneden?

Yes. Fronting a time expression is common:
Den første dagen i måneden settes lønnen automatisk inn på konto.
Just remember the main-verb-second rule: the finite verb (settes) stays in position two.

Why is Lønnen in the definite form rather than just Lønn?
Lønnen means the salary—a specific, known salary that employees expect. If you said only Lønn, it would sound general, like “Salary is deposited…,” rather than “The salary is deposited….”
What is the difference between på konto and til konto in banking contexts?
  • på konto (“onto/into account”) is the standard collocation with sette inn.
  • til konto (“to account”) is more common with verbs like overføre (to transfer).
    Example:
    • Satte pengene inn på konto.
    • Overførte pengene til konto.

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