Questions & Answers about Þessi mánuður er langur.
What are the grammatical roles of the words in Þessi mánuður er langur?
- Þessi – demonstrative adjective/pronoun: this
- mánuður – noun, month; subject of the sentence
- er – verb, is (3rd person singular of vera = to be)
- langur – adjective, long, used as a predicative adjective (describing the subject after er)
So the structure is: [This month] [is] [long].
What case and gender is mánuður, and why?
- mánuður is masculine, nominative singular.
- It is in the nominative because it is the subject of the sentence.
- The -ur ending is a very common marker of masculine nominative singular in Icelandic.
Very roughly, the main singular forms of mánuður are:
- Nominative: mánuður – (subject)
- Accusative: mánuð – (direct object)
- Dative: mánuði
- Genitive: mánaðar
Why do we use Þessi and not Þetta?