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### Counting People with "Manns"

To count large groups of people in Icelandic—like massive crowds at a city-wide event—use the word *manns*.

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Grammatically, *manns* is the partitive genitive form of the noun *maður* (person). Where English simply says "ten thousand people," Icelandic effectively says "ten thousand *of* people." It is usually paired with large numbers like hundreds or thousands.

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Crucially, *manns* is completely invariable when used for counting. No matter whether the phrase acts as a subject or an object, or what case the surrounding sentence requires, the word *manns* itself never changes form.

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### Estimating Crowd Sizes

When looking at a massive event like a parade (*skrúðganga*), you can discuss approximations using the verb *áætla* (to estimate) alongside adverbs like *rúmlega* (well over) or *nánast* (almost).

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### Describing the Atmosphere

You can describe the overall participation (*þátttaka*) as immense (*gríðarlegur*), or the streets as jam-packed (*troðfullur*).

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And if the sheer number of attendees leaves you amazed (*undrandi*):

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Counting people (manns)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Presentative and the definite suffix (þetta er, -inn, -in, -ið)

Singular pronouns and to be (ég er, þú ert)

Singular adjective agreement

Yes/no questions (ert þú…?)

Basic negation (ekki)

Plural pronouns and to be (við erum, þeir eru)

Group 1 weak verbs (-ar)

Group 2 and 3 verbs (-ir, -ur)

Information questions (hvað, hver, hvar)

Expressing opinions (mér finnst, mér líkar)

Expressing desires (mig langar)

Numbers 1 to 10 (einn, tveir, þrír)

Direct objects on indefinite nouns

Direct objects on definite nouns

Singular object pronouns (mig, þig...)

Plural object pronouns (okkur, ykkur...)

Directional prepositions (um, í, á)

Verb-second word order

Expressing intentions (ætla að)

Needs and wants (þurfa, vilja)

Middle voice verbs (-st)

Possessive pronouns (minn, þinn)

Dative case with prepositions (í, á, frá)

Definite dative nouns (-num, -nni, -nu)

Dative personal pronouns (honum, henni, þeim)

Plural nouns (-ar, -ir, -ur)

Definite plural nouns (-nir, -nar, -in)

Accusative plural nouns

Number agreement 1 to 4 (einn, tveir…)

Singular commands

Past tense of the verb to be (var, vorum)

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Strong verbs in the present tense

Weather and dummy subjects (það)

Invariable possessive pronouns (hans, hennar, þeirra)

Accusative possessives (minn, þinn)

Accompaniment (með)

Dative plural (-um, -unum)

Compound sentences (og, en, eða)

"This" in the nominative (þessi, þessi, þetta)

"This" in the accusative (þennan, þessa, þetta)

Accusative adjectives (-an, -a, -t)

Numbers 1 to 4 in the accusative (einn, tvo, þrjá)

Third-person reflexive pronouns (sig, sér)

The preposition "to" with the genitive (til)

Subordinating conjunctions (að, af því að)

Simple past of weak verbs (-aði)

Question words (hvernig, hvaða)

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Plural commands (-ið)

The simple past tense (-di, -ti, -ði)

Possessive noun endings (-s, -ar)

Days of the week (á mánudaginn, á mánudögum)

Kveðjur — greetings (halló, bless)

Um mig — where I am from

Kurteisi — please, sorry, congratulations

Ability and knowing how (kunna að)

Permission (mega)

Obligation (eiga að)

Plural strong verbs

Numbers 11 to 20 (ellefu, tólf...)

Counting by tens to 100 (þrjátíu, fjörutíu...)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (fyrsti, annar...)

All / everything / everyone (allur)

The indefinite pronoun someone (einhver)

The indefinite pronoun no one (enginn)

Compound numbers from 21 (tuttugu og)

This in the dative singular (þessum, þessari, þessu)

These in the dative plural (þessum)

My and your in the dative (mínum, þínum)

Numbers 1 to 4 in the dative (einum, tveimur)

Adjectives in the dative singular (-um, -ri, -u)

Adjectives in the dative plural (-um)

Reflexive possessive in the accusative (sinn, sína, sitt)

Reflexive possessive in the dative (sínum, sinni)

Reflexive versus regular possessives (sinn, hans)

Demonstrative plural (þessir, þessar, þessi)

Definite genitive singular (-sins, -arinnar)

Indefinite genitive plural (-a)

Definite genitive plural (-anna)

Genitive prepositions (án, milli, vegna)

Prepositions of direction (yfir, undir, fyrir)

Prepositions of static location (yfir, undir, fyrir)

Question	Answer
almost	nánast
people (for counting)	manns
gathered	samankominn
the parade	skrúðgangan
Almost ten thousand people are gathered here for the parade.	Nánast tíu þúsund manns eru samankomin hér fyrir skrúðgönguna.
to estimate	áætla
well over	rúmlega
The police estimate that well over twenty thousand people are in the area.	Lögreglan áætlar að rúmlega tuttugu þúsund manns séu á svæðinu.
jam-packed	troðfullur
the participation	þátttakan
immense	gríðarlegur
The city center is jam-packed and the participation is immense.	Miðbærinn er troðfullur og þátttakan er gríðarleg.
amazed	undrandi
The organizer is amazed because almost fifty thousand people arrived.	Skipuleggjarinn er undrandi af því að nánast fimmtíu þúsund manns mættu.
Hundreds of people are starting to sing together in the parade.	Mörg hundruð manns eru farin að syngja saman í skrúðgöngunni.
That immense crowd counts well over ten thousand people.	Sá gríðarlegi mannfjöldi telur rúmlega tíu þúsund manns.
Could you estimate how many thousands of people arrived at the parade?	Gætirðu áætlað hvað mörg þúsund manns mættu í skrúðgönguna?
The participation is immense and we see a thousand people arrive.	Þátttakan er gríðarleg og við sjáum þúsund manns koma.
How many thousands of people do you estimate are in the jam-packed parade?	Hvað áætlar þú að það séu mörg þúsund manns í troðfullu skrúðgöngunni?
We are amazed to see well over five thousand people gathered.	Við erum undrandi að sjá rúmlega fimm þúsund manns samankomin.