Word
Kennarinn biður um netfangið þitt.
Meaning
The teacher asks for your email address.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Kennarinn biður um netfangið þitt.
kennarinn
the teacher
þinn
your
biðja um
to ask for
netfangið
the email address
Questions & Answers about Kennarinn biður um netfangið þitt.
Why does kennari have the ending -inn here?
The ending -inn is the definite‐article suffix for masculine nouns in Icelandic. By adding -inn to kennari (teacher), you get kennarinn, which means the teacher rather than just “a teacher.”
What is the infinitive of biður, and how does it conjugate in the present tense?
The infinitive is biðja (to ask). In the present tense you have:
• ég bið (I ask)
• þú biður (you ask)
• hann/hún biður (he/she asks)
• við biðjum (we ask)
• þið biðið (you pl. ask)
• þeir/þær biðja (they ask)
Here, biður is 3rd person singular (“he/she/it asks”).
Why is the preposition um used with biður?
The verb biðja takes um when you “ask for” something:
biðja um e-ð = to request or ask for something.
So kennarinn biður um netfangið þitt literally means “the teacher asks for your email address.”
Why does netfang have the ending -ið here?
Netfang (email address) is a neuter noun. The suffix -ið is the definite‐article ending for neuter singular in both nominative and accusative. Thus = .