{"id":285,"date":"2010-05-14T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.bergersen.net\/michelle\/?p=285"},"modified":"2010-05-14T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:11:23","slug":"alltid-og-aldri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.bergersen.net\/michelle\/2010\/05\/alltid-og-aldri\/","title":{"rendered":"Alltid og Aldri"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I first came across these two words (Alltid<\/em> and Aldri<\/em>) I despaired to my boyfriend, “Why do two words that mean such different things sound so similar?” He simply gave me some advice on how to remember to spell them which I will go into later in the post.<\/p>\n

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After a bit I got Alltid<\/em>, after all ‘All’ is a lot like ‘all<\/em>‘ in English and ‘tid’ meaning time, just looked like it meant time to me. So alltid<\/em> (all time) easily converted in my head to always<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Then I just had to remember that the one that sounded like it but was not it, ie aldri<\/em> meant never<\/em>. Over time that is getting easier to remember just with association of the word with the meaning.<\/p>\n

However, I have never learnt in any of my classes what dri<\/em> by itself means; and it does not appear in my “Englesk bl\u00c3\u00a5 ordbok” which is a pretty substantial dictionary. So it is just a matter of remembering really and then usage solidifying that meaning in my head.<\/p>\n

I figure it’s just one of those words that every language has that sounds like it’s a compound word but really isn’t.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to the tip my boyfriend gave me on how to remember to spell them. As you will notice alltid<\/em> has two Ls and aldri<\/em> has just one. The rule that Norwegian kids learn from their parents or maybe teachers goes like this:<\/p>\n