Questions & Answers about Hann er meðal vina.
Because meðal is a preposition that normally takes the genitive case in Icelandic.
- vinur = friend
- vinir = friends, in the nominative plural
- vina = of friends / friends, in the genitive plural
So after meðal, you need vina, not vinir.
Here meðal means among or amid.
It is used when someone or something is in the middle of a group or part of a group setting.
So Hann er meðal vina gives the idea that he is among friends.