Word
Hún kastar boltanum til vinkonu sinnar, og stelpan grípur hann auðveldlega.
Meaning
She throws the ball to her friend, and the girl catches it easily.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Hún kastar boltanum til vinkonu sinnar, og stelpan grípur hann auðveldlega.
hún
she
til
to
og
and
sinn
her
Questions & Answers about Hún kastar boltanum til vinkonu sinnar, og stelpan grípur hann auðveldlega.
Why is it boltanum and not boltann?
Because the verb kasta normally takes the thing being thrown in the dative case.
- bolti = ball
- boltinn = the ball (nominative)
- boltann = the ball (accusative)
- boltanum = the ball (dative)
So in Hún kastar boltanum..., boltanum is dative because of the verb kastar.
This is one of those things Icelandic learners often just have to learn with the verb:
- kasta einhverju = to throw something
with eitthvað in the dative
Why is it hann later, if the sentence already used boltanum?