Við þynnum ungplönturnar.

we

Breakdown of Við þynnum ungplönturnar.

• ungplantan: the seedling
• þynna: to thin out

Questions & Answers about Við þynnum ungplönturnar.

What does each word in Við þynnum ungplönturnar do?

• Við = we
• þynnum = the verb, we thin / we thin out
• ungplönturnar = the young plants or the seedlings, functioning as the direct object

So the structure is:

subject + verb + object

That is a very normal Icelandic word order in a main clause.

Why does the verb appear as þynnum and not þynna?

Þynnum is a conjugated verb form, while þynna is the infinitive.

The infinitive is the dictionary form:

• að þynna = to thin, to thin out

In this sentence, the subject is við (we), so the verb must be in the 1st person plural present tense:

• ég þynni = I thin
• við þynnum = we thin

The ending -um is the normal present-tense ending here for we.

What exactly does að þynna mean here?