Breakdown of Ég undirstrika andlagið í setningunni.
ég
I
í
in
setningin
the sentence
undirstrika
to underline
Questions & Answers about Ég undirstrika andlagið í setningunni.
Why is andlagið written as one word instead of the object as two words?
In Icelandic, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of standing as a separate word.
So:
- andlag = object
- andlagið = the object
The ending -ið is the definite article here. This is very common in Icelandic.
Why does setningunni have such a long ending?
Because it contains both:
- the noun setning = sentence
- the definite article = the
- a case ending
Here, setningunni means the sentence in the dative singular.
Breaking it down roughly:
- setning = sentence
- -unni = the dative singular definite ending for this noun
So í setningunni means in the sentence.
Why is setningunni in the dative case?