Jeg reiser til hovedstaden i morgen.

I am traveling to the capital tomorrow.

Breakdown of Jeg reiser til hovedstaden i morgen.

• jeg: I
• til: to
• reise: to travel
• i morgen: tomorrow
• hovedstaden: the capital

Questions & Answers about Jeg reiser til hovedstaden i morgen.

Why is hovedstaden in its definite form instead of just hovedstad?

Norwegian expresses “the” by adding a suffix. hovedstad means “capital city,” and -en is the definite article “the.” So hovedstaden = “the capital city.”

Why do we use til here instead of i or på?

til indicates movement toward a destination: “to” somewhere. You say jeg reiser til Oslo (“I’m traveling to Oslo”). i would mean “in,” and på is used for islands, events or surfaces (“på skolen” = at school, “på ferie” = on holiday), not for “going to” a city.

Why is i morgen written as two words, and can it be spelled imorgen?

i morgen (“tomorrow”) is always two words in Bokmål. imorgen is incorrect. Remember that time expressions with i (today = i dag, yesterday = i går) are separate words.

Where do time adverbials like i morgen usually go in a Norwegian sentence?

Norwegian follows the “verb-second” rule: the finite verb must come second. You can place a time expression either before or after the verb, as long as the verb remains second:

• Jeg reiser i morgen til hovedstaden.
• I morgen reiser jeg til hovedstaden.
• Jeg reiser til hovedstaden i morgen.

What’s the difference between reise and dra?

Both mean “to go” or “to travel,” but reise is more formal and focuses on the journey itself. dra is more colloquial and is often used when you simply mean “to go” or “to head off.” E.g.: Vi drar nå (“We’re off now”) vs. Vi reiser til Spania (“We’re traveling to Spain”).

How do you pronounce “Jeg reiser til hovedstaden i morgen”?

Approximate:
“YAI RY-ser til HOO-vehd-STAH-den ee MOR-gen.”
Phonetic tips:

• jeg ≈ “yai” (not “jay”)
• reiser ≈ “RY-ser” (soft “s”)
• hovedstaden ≈ “HOO-vehd-STAH-den”
• i morgen ≈ “ee MOR-gen”

Can I place i morgen at the beginning of the sentence?

Yes. Moving i morgen to the front adds emphasis on time, but you must still keep the verb second:
I morgen reiser jeg til hovedstaden.