Breakdown of Vaktaskráin sýnir að ég vinn á næturvakt aðra hverja viku.
ég
I
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
vinna
to work (general labor, to do work)
vikan
the week (f)
sýna
to show
að
that (conjunction)
vaktaskráin
the roster
næturvaktin
the night shift
annar hver
every other (m) / önnur hver (f) / annað hvert (n)
Questions & Answers about Vaktaskráin sýnir að ég vinn á næturvakt aðra hverja viku.
Why is "every other week" expressed in the accusative case (aðra hverja viku)?
In Icelandic, expressions of time that tell you how often something happens are put in the accusative case. Since the noun vika (week) is feminine, all three words in the phrase must take the feminine accusative singular form.
Where does the form aðra come from?
It is the feminine accusative singular form of the pronoun annar (other). This word has an irregular declension where the double 'n' changes to 'ðr' in certain forms. You will see aðra often when talking about time, since common words like vika (week) and klukka (clock/hour) are feminine.
Why does the word for night (nótt) look like nætur in the compound word næturvakt?
How does the word vaktaskráin break down into its parts?
It is made of three parts. First is vakta, which is the genitive plural of vakt (shift). Then comes skrá, meaning a registry or list. Finally, the feminine definite article -in is attached to the end to mean "the".
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