Elon.io is an online learning platform
We have an entire course teaching Icelandic grammar and vocabulary.
Questions & Answers about Ég skrifa glósur.
Why isn’t there an indefinite article before glósur?
Icelandic has no indefinite article like English “a” or “some.” Indefinite nouns simply appear without any article. So glósur alone means “notes” in a general, indefinite sense. If you really want “some notes,” you could say einhverjar glósur, but it’s often dropped in normal usage.
What grammatical case is glósur in, since it’s the object?
glósa is a feminine noun whose nominative and accusative plural forms are both glósur. Here it’s accusative (direct object), but looks identical to the nominative plural form.
Why is glósur plural? Could I use the singular glósa?
When talking about class or lecture notes, speakers almost always use the plural glósur (“notes”). The singular ein glósa (“one note”) exists but sounds odd in this context, because you normally take multiple notes.
How is the verb skrifa conjugated in the present tense?
Present‐tense forms of skrifa (“to write”) are:
- ég skrifa (I write)
- þú skrifar (you write)
- hann/hún skrifar (he/she writes)
- við skrifum (we write)
- þið skrifið (you pl. write)
- þeir/þær/þau (they write)