All Nordic languages: "one week ago"

[sukepeth]

To native speakers of any and all Nordic languages:

Could you please tell me how you'd say "one week ago"?

As in "I did it one week ago"

Thanks!

 

[missTK]

Norwegian: "for en uke siden".

 

[hanne]

Danish: "for en uge siden".

 

[Södertjej]

Swedish: för en vecka sedan/sen.

But unless you want to stress the idea that it's been exactly one week, I think most people would go for "förra veckan" (last week).

 

[Alxmrphi]

Icelandic: fyrir víku

 

[Le Viking islandais]

Icelandic: fyrir víku

Actually: Fyrir (einni) viku síðan.

 

[Alxmrphi]

Actually: Fyrir (einni) viku síðan.

Ah, I thought síðan was optional, I've seen it used without it sometimes.

Prepositions commonly used with adverbial phrases of time:

fyrir+dat = _______ ago

fyrir ári -a year ago
fyrir tveimur dögum -two days ago

Thanks for the tip

 

[sukepeth]

Thanks for all your replies!

About Icelandic: a linguist told me that both constructions appear to be used, something which Alxmrphi and Le Viking islandais see to confirm. Any thoughts as to the difference? Different Icelandic dialects maybe? Or formal vs. informal /written vs spoken?

 

[butra]

Actually:

Fyrir (einni) viku síðan.

Fyrir viku er eðlilegasta þýðingin á "one week ago".
Orðið einni er óþarft og orðið síðan er dönskusletta og þykir ekki gott mál.

 

[sukepeth]

Sorry, didn't understand that last entry.
Could you or someone else please translate it into English?

 

[Alxmrphi]

Hi sukepeth, butra said:

Fyrir viku is the most normal / natural translation of "one week ago".
The word einni isn't needed and síðan is a danish loan-word used in Icelandic and (*doesn't sound good).

*I think

Annarra orða (@ butra) þakka þér skýra það

 

[sukepeth]

Interesting.
Thanks so much!