Questions & Answers about Ekki eyða myndinni; ég þarf skjámynd af síðunni líka.
Why is it Ekki eyða instead of an imperative form like eyddu?
In Icelandic, negative commands are usually formed with ekki + infinitive.
So:
Ekki eyða myndinni = Don’t delete the picture
A positive command would normally use the imperative:
Eyddu myndinni = Delete the picture
So eyða stays in the infinitive here because the command is negative.
Why is it myndinni and not myndina?
Because eyða is a verb that takes the dative case in Icelandic.
That means the thing being deleted is put in the dative, not the accusative.
So myndinni is the dative singular definite form of mynd.
Very roughly:
- mynd = picture
- myndin = the picture
- myndina = the picture, accusative
- myndinni = the picture, dative
Since eyða governs the dative, myndinni is the correct form.
Where is the word the in myndinni and síðunni?
In Icelandic, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of appearing as a separate word.
So: