Word
Hún felur lykilinn undir mottunni þegar við leikum feluleik í garðinum.
Meaning
She hides the key under the rug when we play hide-and-seek in the garden.
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Breakdown of Hún felur lykilinn undir mottunni þegar við leikum feluleik í garðinum.
við
we
hún
she
í
in
þegar
when
Questions & Answers about Hún felur lykilinn undir mottunni þegar við leikum feluleik í garðinum.
Why is the verb felur and not fela?
Fela is the infinitive, meaning the basic dictionary form to hide.
Felur is the 3rd person singular present tense, used with hún (she):
- ég fel = I hide
- þú felur = you hide
- hún felur = she hides
- við felum = we hide
So Hún felur ... means she hides ...
Why is it lykilinn?
Because lykilinn is the direct object of the verb felur, and in Icelandic that object is in the accusative case here.
The noun is:
- lykill = a key
- lykil = key, accusative singular
- lykilinn = the key, accusative singular definite
So the form shows two things at once:
- it is accusative
- it is definite = the key
Why does Icelandic use forms like lykilinn, mottunni, and garðinum instead of a separate word for the?