Breakdown of Við fórum í draugahúsið, en rússíbaninn er miklu æðislegri.
vera
to be
en
but
við
we
fara
to go
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
mikill
great, much (adjective: snjórinn er mikill)
rússíbaninn
the roller coaster
draugahúsið
the haunted house
æðislegur
awesome
Questions & Answers about Við fórum í draugahúsið, en rússíbaninn er miklu æðislegri.
Why do we use miklu here instead of just mikið?
This is called the "dative of difference." When you use a comparative adjective like æðislegri (more awesome), Icelandic uses the dative case to express how much of a difference there is. Miklu is the dative form of mikið, so miklu æðislegri translates literally to "more awesome by a lot."
Why is draugahúsið in the accusative case here?
Because of the preposition í. When í indicates movement or direction towards a destination (we went into the haunted house), it triggers the accusative case. If you were instead describing a stationary location, like "we are inside the haunted house," it would take the dative case (í draugahúsinu).
How exactly is the word draugahúsið built?
It is a compound word. The first part is drauga, which is the genitive (possessive) plural of draugur (ghost). The second part is húsið (the house, neuter accusative). Put together, it literally means "the house of ghosts."
Rússíbaninn is a masculine noun. Why does æðislegri end in -i instead of a typical masculine ending like -ur?
Because it is a comparative adjective ("more awesome"). Comparative adjectives do not decline the same way base adjectives do. In the nominative singular, comparative adjectives always end in -i across all three genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), so æðislegri perfectly matches the masculine noun here.
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