Breakdown of Er tveggja vikna uppsagnarfrestur á þessum reynslutíma?
vera
to be
tveir
two
vikan
the week (f)
þessi
this (m/f)
á
in (within a time span)
reynslutíminn
the probationary period
uppsagnarfresturinn
the notice period
Questions & Answers about Er tveggja vikna uppsagnarfrestur á þessum reynslutíma?
Why is "two-week" translated as tveggja vikna?
This is a genitive measure phrase. Instead of using a standard adjective, Icelandic uses the genitive case to express duration, size, or age. Tveggja is the genitive plural of the number tveir (two), and vikna is the genitive plural of vika (week). Placed directly before the noun, they literally mean "of two weeks".
How do you break down the word uppsagnarfrestur?
It is a compound noun made from uppsögn (resignation or termination) and frestur (deadline or period). To glue them together, the first word takes its genitive singular form (uppsagnar), literally creating a "period of termination".
Why is there no word for "there" in the Icelandic sentence?
In English, we say "Is there a..." to ask if something exists. In Icelandic, when asking about the existence of an indefinite noun (like a notice period), you can simply start the question with the verb Er (Is) to mean "Is there" or "Does there exist".
Why is reynslutíma in the dative case here?
The preposition á governs the dative case when used to indicate a location in time or an abstract state, translating here to "during" a period. Because reynslutími (probationary period) is a masculine noun, the word "this" must also take the dative masculine form þessum.
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