Breakdown of Bæði ferðaáætlunin og bókunin eru sveigjanlegar.
vera
to be
og
and
bæði
both (... and)
ferðaáætlunin
the travel itinerary
bókunin
the booking
sveigjanlegur
flexible
Questions & Answers about Bæði ferðaáætlunin og bókunin eru sveigjanlegar.
Since both nouns are feminine, why doesn't the word bæði change to match them?
When used as the fixed conjunction bæði... og (both... and), the word bæði is frozen in its neuter form. It only changes form (báðir, báðar, bæði) when used alone as a pronoun to mean 'both of them'.
Why is the adjective sveigjanlegar in the feminine plural form?
Because it describes the two nouns ferðaáætlunin and bókunin, which are both feminine. When a plural subject consists entirely of feminine nouns, any describing adjectives take the feminine plural form.
What would happen to the adjective if I replaced bókunin with a masculine noun like miðinn (the ticket)?
The adjective would change to the neuter plural form sveigjanleg. In Icelandic, whenever a group contains mixed genders, adjectives describing that group default to the neuter plural.
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