Breakdown of Lögfræðingurinn les erfðaskrána í dag.
lesa
to read
í dag
today
lögfræðingurinn
the lawyer
erfðaskráin
the will
Questions & Answers about Lögfræðingurinn les erfðaskrána í dag.
Why is the word for lawyer, lögfræðingur, constructed this way?
It is a compound word made of lög (laws) and fræðingur (expert or scholar). You will see the suffix -fræðingur on many professions in Icelandic, similar to how English uses '-ologist'.
Why does erfðaskrána end in -na here?
It is the definite article for a feminine word in the accusative case. The base noun is erfðaskrá (a will), which is the direct object of the verb les (reads), putting it in the accusative. Adding the feminine accusative definite article -na makes it erfðaskrána (the will).
How does the word erfðaskrá literally translate?
It is a compound of erfð (inheritance) and skrá (registry, list, or document). So a will is literally an inheritance document.
Is les the same in all singular present tense forms?
Yes! The verb lesa (to read) is one of those verbs where the first, second, and third person singular forms are all identical in the present tense: ég les, þú les, hann/hún/það les.
Does the phrase í dag require a specific case?
Yes, in fixed time expressions like í dag (today) or í sumar (this summer), the preposition í takes the accusative case. Here, dag is the accusative form of the masculine noun dagur.
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