"Jenta slår av et lys."

Translation: The girl is turning off a light.

[Hanimir]

There is the phrase "to hit the lights" which I'm not sure if it is specifically American, but can be found in Webster dictionary - it's a nice mnemonic for this.

[TheSnowKing]

Yeah, although it's basically only used when leaving somewhere as far as I can tell. "Hit the lights before you go."

[VengerR]

Does "Jenta slår på et lys" mean "The girl is turning on a light"?

[fveldig]

That's right :)

[LindaJuno]

What do they mean with 1 light?

[fveldig]

The light from a lamp or a candle.

[LaurentMontesi]

I would be more natural in english to say "turns off the light", even if there's only lamp.

[fveldig]

That would be common in Norwegian as well, but it'd be "Jenta slår/skrur av lyset".

[agnordby]

"slå av" or "slukke" for elektric lights
"blåse ut" or "slukke" for candles

[CestrianEx]

"A light" and "a lamp" are synonymous.

[fveldig]

Not always, and 'lys (n)' is not synonymous with 'lampe (f,m)' in Norwegian.

[CestrianEx]

You are right. "Synonymous" is too strong. I should simply have said that a lamp and a light can be the same thing.

[TiborHunya]

Quote from Jean Luc Pickard: "There are 4 lights!" :)

[McColl34]

"Det er fire lys!" That was a disturbing episode. Very good, but disturbing.

[ingisam]

Is the letter S always pronounced like "sh" when it is followed by an L?

[fveldig]

In the Eastern Norwegian dialect, I think that's the case, but in most other dialects, it pronounced as a regular s. Since you're learning the Eastern Norwegian dialect in this course, just stick to sh :)

[ingisam]

I see. I think some youtube videos and podcasts I listen to have people speaking in different dialects so I get confused sometimes. Haha! Thanks!

[ChromateX]

Slår på lyser for "turning on lights" without the definite?

[Karine_GL]

I'd always heard "switch off the light" . why doesn't it work please? Thanks for help

[Jen185648]

I said "The girl puts off a light", and it told me it should be "shuts off a light", which isn't even English!

[Deliciae]

Try googling both phrases, it might be... enlightening.

[Josh_Overlien]

You must not be a native English speaker. A person shutting/turning off a light is normal English.

[OsoGegenHest]

You can't put a light off in English. You can put it out or extinguish it, by analogy with a flame. You can turn or switch it off, like any electrical device. You can shut off or down larger machinery.

[Evan.S47]

Shutting off a light is commom expression in english, though not proper, and heard daily.