Breakdown of Áhorfendurnir nutu stemningarinnar.
njóta
to enjoy
áhorfandinn
the spectator
stemningin
the atmosphere
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Questions & Answers about Áhorfendurnir nutu stemningarinnar.
Why is stemningarinnar in the genitive case instead of accusative or dative?
The verb njóta (to enjoy) is a special verb that requires its direct object to be in the genitive case. This is why the base word stemning takes the genitive form here.
How do we get the past tense verb nutu from njóta?
njóta is a strong verb, meaning it changes its inner vowel to show the past tense instead of adding a regular ending. In the plural past tense (we, you all, or they enjoyed), the vowel changes to u, giving us nutu.
What are the different parts that make up the long word stemningarinnar?
It starts with the feminine noun stemning (atmosphere). Because it is the object of njóta, it takes the genitive singular ending -ar to become stemningar. Finally, to say the atmosphere, we add the feminine genitive singular definite article -innar, resulting in stemningarinnar.
Why does the plural word for spectators, áhorfendurnir, end in -endur before the article?