Aðgerðin hefst á morgun.

tomorrow

Breakdown of Aðgerðin hefst á morgun.

• hefjast: to begin
• aðgerðin: the operation; procedure

Questions & Answers about Aðgerðin hefst á morgun.

Why does aðgerðin have -in on the end?

Because Icelandic usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

• aðgerð = operation / action / measure
• aðgerðin = the operation / the action / the measure

Here, -in is the definite ending for this form of the noun. So aðgerðin is simply the definite form of aðgerð.

What case is aðgerðin, and why?

It is nominative singular.

That is because aðgerðin is the subject of the sentence: it is the thing that begins.

So the structure is:

• Aðgerðin = the subject
• hefst = begins
• á morgun = tomorrow

A native English speaker can think of it as the Icelandic equivalent of The operation begins tomorrow, where the operation is the subject.

What form is hefst?