tjue

In simple Norwegian

tallet 20

Examples

• Hun er tjue år.She is twenty.
• Det tar tjue minutter med buss.It takes twenty minutes by bus.
• Vi kjøpte tjuefem epler.We bought twenty-five apples.
• Klokka er tjue over ni.It is twenty past nine.
• Den tjuende i hver måned får jeg lønn.I get paid on the twentieth of each month.
• Bussen går hvert tjuende minutt.The bus runs every twenty minutes.
• Jeg trenger tjue kroner til parkering.I need twenty kroner for parking.
• Det er tjue elever i klassen.There are twenty pupils in the class.
• Det kommer tjue gjester i bursdagen.Twenty guests are coming to the birthday party.
• Han har jobbet her i tjue år.He has worked here for twenty years.
• Toget går tjue over seks.The train leaves at twenty past six.
• Billetten koster tjue kroner for barn.The ticket costs twenty kroner for children.

Useful phrases

• tjuende twentieth
• tjueen twenty-one
• en tjuekroning a twenty-krone coin
• tjue over twenty past