No. 455 in Norwegian
tolv
Twelve.
In a sentence
Jeg våknet klokken tolv i dag.
I woke up at twelve o'clock today.
In this sentence, 'tolv' is used to refer to the exact time (12:00) on a clock.
Han kjøpte tolv appelsiner på butikken.
He bought twelve oranges at the store.
Here, 'tolv' is used as a numeral for counting the quantity of oranges.
Vi ankom museumet tolv minutter for sent.
We arrived at the museum twelve minutes late.
In this sentence, 'tolv' refers to the duration of twelve minutes.
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