Word
Netnámskeiðið hjálpar mér að læra íslensku.
Meaning
The online course helps me learn Icelandic.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Netnámskeiðið hjálpar mér að læra íslensku.
hjálpa
to help
mér
me
læra
to learn
íslenskan
the Icelandic language
Questions & Answers about Netnámskeiðið hjálpar mér að læra íslensku.
What does the ending -ið in Netnámskeiðið mean?
The ending -ið is the definite article (the word “the”) attached to the end of the noun.
- netnámskeið = an online course
- netnámskeiðið = the online course
In Icelandic, the definite article is usually a suffix, not a separate word.
Here, netnámskeið is a neuter noun, and the nominative singular definite ending for neuter nouns is -ið.
What kind of word is Netnámskeiðið exactly? Is it one word or several?
Netnámskeiðið is one compound noun.
It comes from:
- net = net / internet
- námskeið = course (literally “study-period”)
Combined: netnámskeið = online course
With the definite ending: netnámskeiðið = the online course
Icelandic very often builds long compound words like this, and the article is attached to the whole compound, not to each part.
Why is hjálpar used here? What is the base form of this verb?
Hjálpar is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb ().