Breakdown of Verkefnastjórinn situr og skipuleggur dagatalið á meðan við vinnum.
og
and
við
we
sitja
to sit
vinna
to work (general labor, to do work)
á meðan
while
verkefnastjórinn
the project manager
skipuleggja
to organize
dagatalið
the calendar
Questions & Answers about Verkefnastjórinn situr og skipuleggur dagatalið á meðan við vinnum.
Does the word order change after á meðan in this sentence?
No. Because á meðan (while) connects the two actions in the middle of the sentence, the second part keeps the normal Subject-Verb order: við vinnum (we work). Note that if you flipped the sentence to start with the á meðan clause, the main clause would need to switch to Verb-Subject order: Á meðan við vinnum, situr verkefnastjórinn...
What are the parts of the long word verkefnastjórinn?
It is a compound of verkefni (project or task) and stjóri (manager or boss), topped off with the masculine definite article -nn (the). You will see stjóri at the end of many Icelandic job titles!
Skipuleggur is a long verb. How do I know how to conjugate it?
The infinitive is skipuleggja (to organize or plan). It is built from the common verb leggja (to lay or place). To conjugate it, you just follow the exact same pattern as leggja. That is why the third-person singular is skipuleggur.
Why is the word for "the calendar" dagatalið?
The verb skipuleggja requires its object to be in the accusative case. The base word is dagatal (a calendar), which is a neuter noun. Neuter nouns look exactly the same in the nominative and accusative cases, so we just add the neuter definite article -ið to make it dagatalið (the calendar).
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