Learn Hardcore Norwegian: Vi må utsette møtet til i morgen. - We must postpone the meeting until tomorrow.

utsette means “to postpone” or “to delay.” It’s a transitive verb, so it takes a direct object (here møtet). In the sentence Vi må utsette møtet til i morgen, it tells us we need to move the meeting to a later time.

Why do we use til i morgen instead of just i morgen?

When you use utsette you often need a preposition to show the new time. til indicates “to” or “until,” so til i morgen literally means “to tomorrow.” You still keep i because i morgen is the standard way of saying “tomorrow” in Norwegian.

Can I drop the i and say til morgen?

In most cases you should keep i: til i morgen. Dropping it sounds non-standard or dialectal. If you say til morgen, people will understand, but it’s not the normal written form.

What’s the difference between til and frem til when talking about time?

til alone marks a point in time you reach or move something to. frem til (or fram til) adds the nuance “up until” a point in time, often stressing duration (e.g. Vi jobber frem til klokka fem = “We’re working until five o’clock”). Here, til i morgen simply sets the new start time.

Why is møtet definite? Couldn’t we say et møte?

We use the definite form møtet (the meeting) because we’re referring to a specific, previously arranged meeting. Saying et møte (a meeting) would imply any meeting, not the one you already had scheduled.

Why does må come before utsette?

Norwegian follows the verb-second (V2) rule in main clauses: the finite verb (må) must be the second element. The subject Vi is first, so må comes right after, followed by the infinitive utsette.

What’s the nuance difference between må and skal here?

må expresses necessity or obligation (“we must”). skal can express future action or intention (“we will”). If you said Vi skal utsette møtet, it sounds more like you’re stating a plan rather than emphasizing that it’s required.

Could you replace utsette with another verb, like flytte?

Yes, you can say Vi må flytte møtet til i morgen. flytte means “to move,” so you’d lose the shade of “postponing” but still get the idea of shifting the meeting to tomorrow.