Hún hittir vinnufélaga sinn við stöðina.

she

Breakdown of Hún hittir vinnufélaga sinn við stöðina.

• hitta: to meet
• sinn: her
• stöðin: the station

Questions & Answers about Hún hittir vinnufélaga sinn við stöðina.

What are the grammatical roles in this sentence?

• Subject: Hún (she, nominative)
• Verb: hittir (meets, 3rd person singular present)
• Direct object: vinnufélaga sinn (her coworker)
• Adverbial/prepositional phrase: við stöðina (by/at the station)

Why is vinnufélaga in this form and not vinnufélagi?

Because hitta takes a direct object in the accusative case. The noun vinnufélagi (coworker; masculine, weak) has accusative singular vinnufélaga, so the object appears as vinnufélaga.

What does sinn mean here, and how is it different from hennar?

• sinn is the reflexive possessive for third person; it means “her own” (refers back to the subject).
• hennar is the non‑reflexive “her” (refers to some other woman, not the subject). Examples:
• Hún hittir vinnufélaga sinn = She meets her own coworker.
• Hún hittir vinnufélaga hennar = She meets her coworker (someone else’s).

Does sinn agree with the subject (Hún) or with the noun it modifies?