Word
Um helgina viljum við smíða lítið borð fyrir stofuna.
Meaning
This weekend we want to build a small table for the living room.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Um helgina viljum við smíða lítið borð fyrir stofuna.
lítill
small
vilja
to want
við
we
borðið
the table
Questions & Answers about Um helgina viljum við smíða lítið borð fyrir stofuna.
Why does um helgina mean on/over the weekend, and what case does it take?
Um often means around/over/during a time period. With time expressions like this, um governs the accusative.
So helgina is accusative singular of helgi (weekend).
Why is it helgina and not just helgi?
Helgina is the definite form (the weekend), built by adding the suffixed definite article to the noun.
- helgi = weekend (indefinite)
- helgin = the weekend (nominative)
- helgina = the weekend (accusative)
With um you need the accusative, so you get um helgina.
What’s the difference between um helgina and um helgi?