Hún telur fram leigutekjurnar.

she

Breakdown of Hún telur fram leigutekjurnar.

• leigutekjurnar: the rental income
• telja fram: to declare on a tax return

Questions & Answers about Hún telur fram leigutekjurnar.

What does telur fram mean as a whole?

As a whole, telur fram is best understood as a set expression. The verb telja by itself often means to count, to consider, or to think, but telja fram has a more specific meaning: to declare or to report officially, especially in a tax context.

So in this sentence, it is not about literally counting something. It means she is declaring/reporting the rental income.

Why is fram there? Doesn’t telja already mean something on its own?

Yes. Telja does have meanings on its own, but adding fram changes the meaning.

This is similar to how English verbs can change meaning when combined with a particle:

• count
• count up
• count out

In the same way, Icelandic telja fram functions like a phrasal verb. Here fram does not simply mean forward in a literal spatial sense. It helps create the idiomatic meaning declare/report.

So it is better to learn telja fram as one unit.

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