Questions & Answers about Hún drekkur te á morgnana.
What are the parts of the sentence (subject, verb, object, time phrase)?
- Hún — subject pronoun (she), nominative.
- drekkur — verb, 3rd person singular present of drekka (to drink).
- te — direct object (tea), a neuter mass noun.
- á morgnana — time adverbial: “in the mornings,” literally “on the mornings.”
Why is it drekkur and not “drekkar”? How does drekka conjugate?
Drekka is a strong verb. In the present tense:
- ég drekk
- þú drekkur
- hann/hún/það drekkur
- við drekkum
- þið drekkið
- þeir/þær/þau drekka
So 3rd person singular is drekkur, not “drekkar.”
What exactly does á morgnana mean, and why this form?
It means “in the mornings” (habitually). It’s á + accusative plural definite of morgunn (morning): morgnana. Icelandic often uses the accusative (frequently with a definite plural) for recurring times of day:
- á morgnana (in the mornings)
- á kvöldin (in the evenings)
- á daginn (in the daytime)
How is this different from á morgun and í morgun?
- á morgnana = in the mornings (habitual, repeated).
- á morgun = tomorrow.
- í morgun = this morning (earlier today).