Questions & Answers about Við spilum nýjan tölvuleik eftir kvöldmat.
What does the ending -um in spilum indicate?
The ending -um marks the 1st-person plural in the present tense of the weak verb að spila. So spilum literally means we play (or we are playing).
Why is tölvuleik missing the -ur ending?
Many masculine nouns in Icelandic end in -ur in the nominative singular but drop it in the accusative singular. Since tölvuleikur is the direct object here, it takes its accusative form tölvuleik.
Why is the adjective nýjan and not nýr, nýja, or nýtt?
Adjectives in Icelandic agree with their noun in gender, number, and case. Here tölvuleik is masculine singular in the accusative case, so the adjective nýr (nominative) must change to the accusative masculine singular form nýjan.
What case does the preposition eftir govern, and how does that affect kvöldmat?