Breakdown of Maður hækkar gjaldið til þess að auka hagnaðinn.
maðurinn
the man
að
to (infinitive marker)
til
to
auka
to increase
hagnaðurinn
the profit
hækka
to raise / to increase
gjaldið
the fee
Questions & Answers about Maður hækkar gjaldið til þess að auka hagnaðinn.
Maður usually means 'man'. Why is it translated as 'one' here?
In Icelandic, maður is frequently used as an impersonal pronoun, much like 'one' or the general 'you' in English (e.g., 'you raise the fee'). It is a very common way to state general facts or rules.
Why do we use til þess að instead of just að?
While að alone is the basic infinitive marker meaning 'to', the phrase til þess að specifically means 'in order to' or 'for the purpose of'. You use it when you want to strongly emphasize the goal or reason behind an action.
Both hækkar and auka are translated as increasing or raising something. What is the difference?
Why do gjald and hagnaður have the suffixes -ið and -inn here?
Those are the attached definite articles, meaning 'the fee' (gjaldið) and 'the profit' (hagnaðinn). Both nouns are the direct objects of their verbs, so they are in the accusative case. Gjald is a neuter noun, so its accusative definite form is gjaldið, while hagnaður is masculine, becoming hagnaðinn.
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