No. 608 in Norwegian
tidlige
"Early."
In a sentence
Jeg pleier å våkne tidlige om morgenen.
I usually wake up early in the morning.
Here, 'tidlige' is used as an adverb to describe the time of waking, indicating an early part of the day.
Tidlige blomster begynner å blomstre om våren.
Early flowers start blooming in spring.
In this sentence, 'tidlige' is an adjective modifying 'blomster,' indicating that the flowers bloom earlier than usual.
De tidlige fuglene finner de beste stedene å bygge rede.
The early birds find the best places to build nests.
'Tidlige' functions here as an adjective describing 'fuglene,' referring to birds that are early in their actions or movements.
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