Norwegian: som skal til

[dukaine]

Don't know what "skal til" means right here.

Følger du disse rådene er du godt på vei til å få en bedre nattesøvn, og ofte er det bare enkle grep som skal til.

I'm thinking something like "that will do it," that is, accomplish the goal of a good night's sleep, but not sure.

Thanks!

 

[winenous]

I am not sure what the best translation is, but you certainly have the right idea.

 

[Ben Jamin]

som skal til. = what's necessary / sufficient

 

[serbianfan]

Det norske akademis ordbok (NAOB) goes into great detail about almost everything in the Norwegian language, which is good, but can make it difficult to find exactly what you want. I looked up 'til' and had to plough through a myriad of phrases with 'til' before I finally found under point 2.13 ('to express a need, requirement or consumption') the example 'Det skal mange penger til før bygningen er reist', which could be translated as 'We/they will need lots of money to put up that building'.

 

[dukaine]

I looked up 'til' and had to plough through a myriad of phrases with 'til' before I finally found under point 2.13 ('to express a need, requirement or consumption') the example 'Det skal mange penger til før bygningen er reist', which could be translated as 'We/they will need lots of money to put up that building'.

So grateful for people like you who are willing to do all that to help someone learn! I looked up"skal" there but not "til". NAOB still intimidates me a bit, since I'm still a beginner. Even translating to English, it's still a lot.

 

[bicontinental]

...You could say, ...sometimes that's all it takes.

Bic.