Breakdown of Sjóræninginn myndi hata sjóinn.
hata
to hate
sjóræninginn
the pirate
myndi
would (singular)
sjórinn
the sea
Questions & Answers about Sjóræninginn myndi hata sjóinn.
How does the conditional 'would' work with the main verb in this sentence?
The word myndi is the third-person singular conditional form, meaning 'would'. Just like in English, it is followed directly by the infinitive form of the main verb. That is why we use hata (to hate) right after it, without needing the infinitive marker að (to) in between.
What would this sentence look like if it were just 'The pirate hates the sea' instead of 'would hate'?
You would drop the helper verb myndi and conjugate the main verb. It would become 'Sjóræninginn hatar sjóinn.' This shows how adding myndi and changing the main verb to the infinitive easily shifts a standard statement into a hypothetical one.
The word sjóræninginn is quite long. How is it built?
It is a very descriptive compound word combining sjór (sea) and ræningi (robber or bandit). The -nn at the very end is the attached definite article for a weak masculine noun, which changes 'a sea-robber' into 'the pirate'.
Why does the word for 'the sea' change to sjóinn at the end of the sentence?
The verb hata requires its object to be in the accusative case. The nominative (subject) form for 'the sea' is sjórinn. However, in the accusative case, the masculine noun sjór drops its 'r' to become sjó, and adding the accusative definite article makes it sjóinn.
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