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Maður borðar bara krabbann þangað til maður finnur spjótið.

Maður borðar bara krabbann þangað til maður finnur spjótið.
One just eats the crab until one finds the spear.
From Lesson 275:Time span conjunctions (síðan, þangað til)·Icelandic

Questions & Answers about Maður borðar bara krabbann þangað til maður finnur spjótið.

Is there a difference between using þangað til and þangað til að?
In this sentence, we see þangað til without the að. Both þangað til and þangað til að mean "until" and can be used interchangeably to introduce a clause. In everyday spoken Icelandic, the að is very often dropped.
Why is the word maður used twice here if it usually means "man"?
While maður literally means "man" or "person", it is also the standard way to express "one" or the generic "you" in Icelandic. Just like in English, it takes a third-person singular verb (borðar and finnur).
What case are krabbann and spjótið in?
They are both in the accusative case because they are the direct objects receiving the action of the verbs borðar (eats) and finnur (finds). krabbann is the definite accusative form of the weak masculine noun krabbi, and spjótið is the definite accusative of the neuter noun spjót.
Could we put the adverb bara somewhere else in the first part of the sentence?
Not naturally. Short adverbs like bara (just/only) generally belong exactly where it is here: immediately after the main verb (borðar) and before the object (krabbann).

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