Questions & Answers about Hann borðar grænmeti með gaffli.
What does borðar mean, and how is it conjugated?
Borðar is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the weak verb borða, meaning to eat. Its full present‐tense conjugation is:
• ég borða (I eat)
• þú borðar (you eat)
• hann/hún/það borðar (he/she/it eats)
• við borðum (we eat)
• þið borðið (you pl. eat)
• þeir/þær/þau borða (they eat)
Why is there no article before grænmeti, unlike English “vegetables”?
Icelandic often omits the indefinite article when speaking about things in a general or mass‐noun sense. Grænmeti here means “vegetables” broadly, so no article is needed. If you wanted “the vegetable,” you’d say grænmetið.
Is grænmeti singular or plural?
Grænmeti is grammatically singular neuter. It’s a mass noun whose nominative and accusative singular form is grænmeti, but context gives it the sense of “vegetables” (plural/general).
Which case does með require, and how does that affect gaffall?
The preposition með always governs the dative case in Icelandic. The noun gaffall (fork) in the dative singular becomes gaffli.