Samfunnsfagtimen starter klokken ni.

The social studies class starts at nine o'clock.

Breakdown of Samfunnsfagtimen starter klokken ni.

• starte: to start
• klokken: the clock
• ni: nine
• samfunnsfagtimen: the social studies class

Questions & Answers about Samfunnsfagtimen starter klokken ni.

What does the long word Samfunnsfagtimen literally mean, and how is it built up?

Samfunnsfagtimen literally means “the social studies lesson/class (period)”.

It’s a compound made of several parts:

• samfunn = society
• • a linking s
• fag = subject (school subject, academic field)
  → samfunnsfag = social studies (school subject)
• time = hour / lesson / class period
  → samfunnsfagtime = a social studies lesson
• -en = the (definite article, masculine)
  → samfunnsfagtimen = the social studies lesson / class

So the whole sentence is: “The social studies class starts at nine o’clock.”

Why is Samfunnsfagtimen written as one long word instead of several separate words?