Word
Ég set plastið í sorptunnuna og geymi gamla kassann í geymsluhólfinu.
Meaning
I put the plastic in the garbage bin and keep the old box in the storage locker.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Ég set plastið í sorptunnuna og geymi gamla kassann í geymsluhólfinu.
ég
I
setja
to put
gamall
old
í
in
Questions & Answers about Ég set plastið í sorptunnuna og geymi gamla kassann í geymsluhólfinu.
Why is í followed by sorptunnuna in one place, but geymsluhólfinu in the other?
Because í can take different cases depending on meaning:
- accusative for movement into something
- dative for location in something
So here:
- í sorptunnuna = into the trash bin → movement, so accusative
- í geymsluhólfinu = in the storage compartment → location, so dative
This is a very common Icelandic pattern with prepositions like í.
Why do the nouns have different endings like -ið, -una, -ann, and -inu?