Word
Hún prjónar með mjúku garni á kvöldin meðan hún hlustar á hljóðbók.
Meaning
She knits with soft yarn in the evenings while she listens to an audiobook.
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sentence
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Breakdown of Hún prjónar með mjúku garni á kvöldin meðan hún hlustar á hljóðbók.
hún
she
með
with
kvöldið
the evening
hlusta
to listen
Questions & Answers about Hún prjónar með mjúku garni á kvöldin meðan hún hlustar á hljóðbók.
How is this sentence put together grammatically?
It has two parts:
A quick breakdown:
- Hún = subject, she
- prjónar = verb, knits
- með mjúku garni = prepositional phrase, with soft yarn
- á kvöldin = time expression, in the evenings
- meðan hún hlustar á hljóðbók = while she listens to an audiobook
So the sentence is built as:
She knits + with soft yarn + in the evenings + while she listens to an audiobook
What form is prjónar, and what verb does it come from?
Prjónar is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb prjóna, meaning to knit.
So:
- að prjóna = to knit
- ég prjóna = I knit
- hún prjónar = she knits
This matches the subject hún.
Why is it garni and not garn?