Hún vill taka þátt í kvöldgöngunni.

to want

Breakdown of Hún vill taka þátt í kvöldgöngunni.

• hún: she
• taka þátt í: to take part in
• kvöldganga: the evening walk

Questions & Answers about Hún vill taka þátt í kvöldgöngunni.

What is the grammatical role of each word in Hún vill taka þátt í kvöldgöngunni?

Word-by-word:

• Hún – personal pronoun, 3rd person singular feminine, nominative. It is the subject of the sentence (the one who wants something).
• vill – 3rd person singular present of the verb vilja (to want). This is the main (finite) verb.
• taka – infinitive of taka (to take). It is the infinitive complement of vill.
• þátt – accusative singular of the noun þáttur (a part, share). It is the direct object of taka in the fixed expression taka þátt.
• í – preposition í (in). It governs the dative here.
• kvöldgöngunni – dative singular definite of kvöldganga (evening walk). This is the object of the preposition í and means in the evening walk.

So structurally:
[Subject] Hún + [modal] vill + [infinitive phrase] taka þátt + [prepositional phrase] í kvöldgöngunni.

Why is there no word like to before taka, when in English we say wants to take?