"I am making dinner."

Translation:Jeg lager middag.

September 6, 2015

Was dinner in the middle of the day in the past? Because middag sounds a lot like midday.

There's a really long, but enlightening discussion of the etymology of 'middag' earlier in this course.

Yes, and we still have the word "midnatt" in the literal sense, but middag only means dinner now

what's the difference between lager and gjør?

Mod

lager = make

gjør = do

Really I confuse between make and do in english too

I think make/lage usually has an aspect of creating something (a meal in this case), do/gjøre focuses more on an action

In the eastern part of the US they call the mid day meal dinner instead of lunch. And the evening meal is then supper.

Same in the midlands of England, except it goes breakfast, dinner, tea instead of breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Don't forget supper! Breakfast, dinner tea and supper. That's from North east England

Funny how something that sounds like midday should mean dinner.