Questions & Answers about Ég hef geymt gömlu flíkurnar mínar í kjallaranum.
How is Ég hef geymt structured, and how does it differ from simple past like Ég geymdi?
Icelandic builds the present perfect with the auxiliary hafa (here hef, meaning I have) plus a past participle. So Ég hef geymt literally I have stored and shows the clothes are still stored. Ég geymdi is the simple past I stored and simply recounts a past action without present relevance.
How is the past participle geymt formed from the verb geyma?
Geyma is a weak verb ending in -a. To form its past participle, drop -a and add -t, yielding geymt. This participle pairs with hef in the present perfect.
Why is the adjective gömlu in the weak form here instead of the strong form gamla?
The noun phrase is definite (indicated by -nar on flíkurnar), so adjectives use the weak declension. For a feminine plural noun, the weak form of gamal is gömlu. If the phrase were indefinite, you would use the strong plural gamlar flíkur.
How do you form the definite plural flíkurnar from the noun flík?