alltid

Adverb

alltid

1. always
   • Skal du alltid klage?
     • Do you always complain?
   • Vi skal være sammen for alltid.
     • We shall always be together.
   • Slik har det alltid vært, og slik vil det alltid bli.
     • Thus it has always been, and thus it will always come to be.
   • Alderdommen tror alltid at den blir visere og visere, mens den i virkeligheten blir dummere.
     • Old age always thinks it becomes wiser and wiser, while it in reality becomes stupider. (Knut Hamsun)
2. used in expressions in the sense surely, certainly
   • Det er da alltid noe.
     • At least that's something. (literally. "well, that's always/surely something")
   • Det kan vi alltid diskutere en annen gang, hva?
     • We can always discuss that another time, right?

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɑltɪ/

Adverb

alltid

1. always
   • Skal du alltid klage?
     • Do you always complain?
   • Vi skal vere saman for alltid.
     • We shall always be together.
   • Slik har det alltid vore, og slik vil det alltid bli.
     • Thus it has always been, and thus it will always come to be.
   • Det hjelper alltid bra på forståinga når fordommene fell. (Halldis Moren Vesaas)
     • The fall of prejudice is always good for understanding. (literally: "it always helps good on the understanding when the prejudices fall")
2. used in expressions in the sense surely, certainly
   • Det er då alltid noko.
     • At least that's something. (literally. "well, that's always/surely something")
   • Det kan vi alltid diskutere ein annan gong, kva?
     • We can always discuss that another time, right?

Adverb

alltid (not comparable)

1. always
   • Sigge har alltid varit lång.

     • Sigge has always been tall.
   • Antonym: aldrig