Breakdown of Hún er mjög dugleg í vinnunni og klárar oft verkefnin sín fyrr en ég.
ég
I
vera
to be
hún
she
mjög
very
Questions & Answers about Hún er mjög dugleg í vinnunni og klárar oft verkefnin sín fyrr en ég.
Why is it dugleg and not some other form like duglegt or duglegur?
Because dugleg has to agree with hún (she).
The adjective duglegur means something like hardworking / diligent. Its form changes depending on gender, number, and case:
- duglegur = masculine singular
- dugleg = feminine singular
- duglegt = neuter singular
Since hún is feminine singular, the correct form is dugleg:
- Hún er mjög dugleg. = She is very hardworking.
What does í vinnunni mean literally, and why does it end in -unni?
í vinnunni literally means in the work or more naturally at work / in the workplace.
Here is the breakdown:
- vinna = work
- vinnunni = the work in the dative singular
The ending -unni includes the definite article, so Icelandic often says something closer to in the work where English would simply say at work.
So:
- í vinnu = at work / in work
- í vinnunni = at the workplace / at work
In this sentence, í vinnunni is the natural idiomatic expression.