Word
Hun er lei av samme rutine hver dag.
Meaning
She is tired of the same routine every day.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Hun er lei av samme rutine hver dag.
What exactly does the phrase in bold mean: lei av?
It means being bored with, sick of, or fed up with something. It describes emotional/mental weariness, not physical tiredness. In the sentence, it corresponds well to fed up with the same routine every day.
Can I use trøtt av instead of lei av?
- trøtt = physically tired/sleepy.
- trøtt av can be used to mean weary/sick of in some contexts, but the everyday, most idiomatic choice for fed up with/bored of is lei av.
Examples: - Jeg er trøtt. = I’m tired/sleepy.
- Jeg er lei av de samme unnskyldningene. = I’m sick of the same excuses.
- Jeg er trøtt av de samme unnskyldningene. = Also possible, but sounds more like weary of than bored/fed up.
How is lei different from lei seg and leit?
Why is the preposition av used? Could it be med or fra?