Breakdown of Netnámskeiðið hjálpar mér að læra íslensku.
Questions & Answers about Netnámskeiðið hjálpar mér að læra íslensku.
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.
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.
Hjálpar is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb ().