Word
Har du tid til å måle opp soverommet også?
Meaning
Do you have time to measure up the bedroom too?
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Questions & Answers about Har du tid til å måle opp soverommet også?
Why does the sentence start with Har? Is that how you form questions in Norwegian?
Yes. Norwegian yes/no questions are typically formed by verb–subject inversion:
- Statement: Du har tid ... (You have time ...)
- Question: Har du tid ...? (Do you have time ...?)
So Har (the verb) comes before du (the subject).
Does Har du tid literally mean Have you time? Would you also say it that way in Norwegian?
Exactly—har = have, tid = time. Norwegian commonly uses å ha tid (to have time) the same way English says to have time. It’s a very natural everyday expression.
What does til å do here? Why not just å måle opp?
til å + infinitive is a common pattern meaning to / for (doing something), often after nouns like tid, mulighet, lyst, grunn, etc.
- tid til å måle opp = time to measure (it) out
You generally need til to connect tid with an action. Without it, Har du tid å måle opp ... is not standard Norwegian.