Við setjum litlar plöntur í hjólbörurnar og berum þær að nýja beðinu.

We put small plants in the wheelbarrow and carry them to the new flowerbed.

Breakdown of Við setjum litlar plöntur í hjólbörurnar og berum þær að nýja beðinu.

• lítill: small
• við: we
• setja: to put
• að: to

Questions & Answers about Við setjum litlar plöntur í hjólbörurnar og berum þær að nýja beðinu.

What are the dictionary forms of setjum and berum, and why do they look like that?

The dictionary forms are:

• setja = to put / to place
• bera = to carry

In the sentence, both are in the 1st person plural present tense, because the subject is við = we.

So:

• við setjum = we put
• við berum = we carry

These forms are just the normal we forms of the verbs.
Bera is a very common verb and somewhat irregular, so berum may not look very close to the infinitive at first.

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Why is it litlar plöntur?

Because the adjective has to agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here:

• planta = plant is feminine
• plöntur = plants is plural
• it is the direct object of setjum, so it is in the accusative

So the adjective lítill = small/little becomes litlar to match plöntur.

So:

• litlar plöntur = small plants

A useful detail: for this noun phrase, the nominative plural and accusative plural happen to look the same, but in this sentence it is functioning as the accusative object.

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