Word
Dagsektin byrjar eftir skiladaginn; skilakassinn er opinn.
Meaning
The daily fine starts after the due date; the returns box is open.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Dagsektin byrjar eftir skiladaginn; skilakassinn er opinn.
vera
to be
opinn
open
byrja
to start
eftir
after
Questions & Answers about Dagsektin byrjar eftir skiladaginn; skilakassinn er opinn.
What does dagsektin mean exactly?
Dagsekt is a fine or penalty charged per day. In a library or borrowing context, it is the overdue fee that starts accumulating day by day.
The ending -in is the definite article, so dagsektin means the daily fine or the overdue fine.
Even though English might sometimes use a plural idea like fines, Icelandic often uses the singular here to talk about the fee system itself: the daily fine starts.
What form is byrjar?
Byrjar is the present tense of the verb að byrja, meaning to begin or to start.
Here it is:
- 3rd person singular
- present tense
So Dagsektin byrjar means the fine starts or the fine begins.
Why is it eftir skiladaginn? What case is skiladaginn?