"Pigerne sover om natten."

Translation: The girls sleep at night.

[JBranch1998]

Why is it the definite "natten" instead of the indefinite "nat"

[RuciGluci]

why natten?

[NayClough]

I'm struggling on when to use 'i' 'om' and 'på' can anyone offer an easy explanation please

[langdinish]

I know that relating to time of the day like 'nat' or 'morgen' you're supposed to use 'om'. Apparently - but I'm not sure - for weekdays you use 'i'. And i'm not sure when to use 'på' either

[Rich524475]

Why "om natten" and not "i natten" given that the prior question gave "han arbejder i hverdagene" as the correct answer and not "om hverdagene"? I understand that repeated events in time requie the use of om and not i, but this rule seems inconsistent with saying "arbejder i hverdagene"?

[langdinish]

It seems that when refering to times of the day it is used "om", while when refering to weekdays is "i". But I am not completely sure, since the Tip section did not mention a case like the preposition for weekdays

[SantiAnnd]

And so does the lion.

[masum.z]

Natten = the night
Why we must use at night?

[Heartywaffles]

Could I translate 'om natten' as 'during the night'?

[CalvinQuick]

Yes, that would convey the same meaning. It's shorter to say "at night" though. :)

[deactivated user]

Had "at the night" and the system wanted " IN the night"

[canstey]

Wouldn't 'overnight' be an acceptable translation?

[rubenjbr]

Yeah, I think it definitely would!

[Roland440697]

But what do the boys do?