Breakdown of Eftir hádegismat spjöllum við saman í stuttu hléi.
við
we
saman
together
eftir
after
stuttur
short
Questions & Answers about Eftir hádegismat spjöllum við saman í stuttu hléi.
What are the individual words in this sentence and their grammatical roles?
Word by word:
- Eftir – preposition meaning after.
- hádegismat – noun meaning lunch, here in an oblique case (accusative/dative form hádegismat) governed by eftir. Together eftir hádegismat = after lunch.
- spjöllum – finite verb, we chat / we talk (1st person plural present of spjalla).
- við – personal pronoun, we, nominative plural; the subject of the verb spjöllum.
- saman – adverb meaning together.
- í – preposition meaning in / during, here used for time.
- stuttu – adjective stuttur (short), in dative neuter singular (stuttu) agreeing with hléi.
- hléi – noun hlé (break, pause), in dative singular (hléi), governed by í.
Structure:
- Prepositional phrase of time: Eftir hádegismat
- Verb: spjöllum
- Subject: við
- Adverb: saman
- Prepositional phrase of time: í stuttu hléi
Why does the verb spjöllum come before við? In English we would say “we chat,” not “chat we.”