Breakdown of Konan fékk hvorki afsökun né endurgreiðslu.
konan
the woman
fá
to get
hvorki
neither
né
nor
afsökunin
the apology
endurgreiðslan
the refund
Questions & Answers about Konan fékk hvorki afsökun né endurgreiðslu.
Does this sentence need the word ekki (not) to be negative?
No. Just like 'neither... nor' in English, the phrase hvorki... né already makes the sentence negative. Adding ekki would be grammatically incorrect here.
Do the words hvorki and né change the case of the nouns that follow them?
No, they don't affect the grammatical case at all. The case is still decided by the verb fá (to get). Since the woman received them, both afsökun and endurgreiðslu act as direct objects and take the accusative case.
I don't recognize the verb fékk. What is its dictionary form?
Fékk is the third-person singular past tense of the verb fá (to get, receive). It is an irregular strong verb, so the vowel changes completely in the past tense (from á to é).
What is the dictionary form of endurgreiðslu?
The dictionary (nominative) form is endurgreiðsla. You can easily break it down into endur- (re-, back) and greiðsla (payment). It ends in -u here because it is a feminine noun in the accusative case.
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