"Alderen hennes er over et århundre."

Translation: Her age is over a century.

[MaximilianB.]

ei gammel jente

[edwin.walker]

Would anyone actually say this sentence? It's really odd.

[kirstm]

It is. But the phrase was made in order to emphasize its structure.

[seventwelve81]

May sound weird in English but still makes sense, generally speaking.

[Ginko-the-grey]

Welcome to Duolingo!

[duolingoHepCat]

So, is this the way a Norwegian would say, "She is over a hundred years old?"

[Deliciae]

"Hun er over hundre år gammel" would be a closer translation for that.

[TeemuLabura]

So, what does the first sentence mean then ("Alderen hennes er over et århundre.")?

[skynightstar]

It means "her age is over a century".

[SpiguelR]

That is not very polite, Duo!

[Agent187]

Not with Link from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

[PeriltheDragon]

Her age is over a century. That's Zelda, not Link. :)

[oulenz]

There is no difference in pronounciation between et and ett, right? In which case this should also accept alderen hennes er over ett århundre

[vildand91]

Not in pronunciation, but you would stress "ett" more than "et". There is a subtle difference in meaning as well: if you use "ett" then the fact that it's one (and not two) is the important part of the sentence. "Alderen hennes er over ett århundre, ikke to".

[oulenz]

So to get this clear, when you hear this sentence, you definitely don't hear ett?

[vildand91]

I don't. Technically, they're pronounced the same, but "ett" would've been stressed - and would've stood out from the rest of the sentence. "Et" melts into the sentence, if that makes sense.

[oulenz]

It does, thank you!

[vildand91]

:)

[Frenger5]

The way "alderen" is pronounced doesn't sound right to me. Is the 'r' supposed to be silent?

[finch502354]

I understood it's literal meaning, but I answered in a more conventional English wording. It counted it.

[Joanne236389]

She's an Elf!