Samkvæmt reglunni er þetta bannað.

According to the rule, this is forbidden.

Breakdown of Samkvæmt reglunni er þetta bannað.

• vera: to be
• þetta: this
• reglan: the rule
• bannaður: forbidden

Questions & Answers about Samkvæmt reglunni er þetta bannað.

What does samkvæmt mean, and what case does it take?

Samkvæmt means according to or in accordance with.

In this sentence, it is used with the dative case, so the noun after it has to be in dative form:

• regla = rule
• samkvæmt reglunni = according to the rule

So a very useful pattern is:

samkvæmt + dative

Examples:

• samkvæmt lögunum = according to the laws
• samkvæmt samningnum = according to the agreement

Why is it reglunni and not regla, reglan, or regluna?

Because samkvæmt requires the dative, and the sentence is talking about the rule, not just a rule.

The forms are:

• regla = a rule, nominative
• reglan = the rule, nominative
• reglu = a rule, dative
• reglunni = the rule, dative

So after samkvæmt, the correct form here is reglunni.

Where is the word the in reglunni?