Questions & Answers about Hún er mjög þakklát núna.
What does each word in Hún er mjög þakklát núna. mean literally?
Word by word:
- Hún – she (3rd person singular feminine subject pronoun, in the nominative case)
- er – is (3rd person singular present of að vera = to be)
- mjög – very (adverb, intensifier)
- þakklát – grateful / thankful (adjective, here in feminine singular nominative form)
- núna – now (adverb of time)
So the structure is: She – is – very – grateful – now.
Why is it þakklát and not þakklátur?
Icelandic adjectives agree with the noun (or pronoun) they describe in:
- Gender
- Number
- Case
Here the adjective describes hún (she), which is:
- Feminine
- Singular
- Nominative (subject)
The adjective þakklátur (grateful) has different forms:
- Masculine singular nominative: þakklátur
- Feminine singular nominative: þakklát
- Neuter singular nominative: þakklátt
Since the subject is hún (she, feminine), the correct form is þakklát, not þakklátur or þakklátt.
How would the sentence change for he or they?