Breakdown of Geimveran mun heimsækja jörðina.
heimsækja
to visit
munu
will
geimveran
the alien
jörðin
the Earth
Questions & Answers about Geimveran mun heimsækja jörðina.
Why use mun instead of ætlar að for 'will' in this sentence?
Mun is used here because it expresses a strong prediction or certainty about a future event. While ætla að is generally used for personal intentions or plans (like a human planning a vacation), mun fits perfectly for stating a factual prediction or deduction about what the alien will do.
Wait, shouldn't there be an að before the infinitive verb heimsækja?
Not with the verb munu. It is a special auxiliary verb that takes the bare infinitive. That is why the sentence says mun heimsækja and never mun að heimsækja.
Why does the word for Earth end in -a here (jörðina)?
The verb heimsækja (to visit) forces the object being visited into the accusative case. The base nominative word is jörðin (the Earth), but in the accusative, the feminine definite article changes, making it jörðina.
How do you break down the word geimveran?
It is a compound noun made of geimur (space) and vera (a being or creature). With the feminine definite article -n attached to the end, it literally translates to 'the space being'.
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