Breakdown of Fá þau að hafa partíið hjá ömmu í sumarbústaðnum?
þau
they (n)
að
to (infinitive marker)
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
amman
the grandmother
fá
to get
hjá
next to / at (someone's) place, with
hafa
to have
partíið
the party (informal)
sumarbústaðurinn
the summer cottage
Questions & Answers about Fá þau að hafa partíið hjá ömmu í sumarbústaðnum?
Why do we use fá ... að hafa here instead of mega?
While mega means "may" or "to be allowed to", using fá að followed by an infinitive verb is a very common way to express getting permission or having the opportunity to do something. It translates closely to "get to" in English. Here, Fá þau að hafa means "Do they get to have".
Why is it hjá ömmu and what case is ömmu in?
The preposition hjá (which means "with" or "at the home of") always requires the following noun to be in the dative case. Ömmu is the dative form of amma (grandma), so hjá ömmu perfectly translates to "at Grandma's".
How is the word sumarbústaðnum formed?
It comes from the masculine noun sumarbústaður (summer cottage). The preposition í takes the dative case here because it describes a fixed location ("in the cottage"). The dative form of the word is sumarbústað, and when we add the dative masculine definite article -num (meaning "the"), it becomes sumarbústaðnum.
Why use the pronoun þau instead of þeir or þær for "they"?
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