Breakdown of Grasið er grænt eftir rigninguna.
vera
to be
rigningin
the rain (f)
grænn
green
eftir
after / for (waiting for)
grasið
the grass
Questions & Answers about Grasið er grænt eftir rigninguna.
Why is the adjective grænt instead of grænn?
Adjectives in Icelandic must match the gender of the noun they describe. Since gras (grass) is a neuter noun, the base adjective grænn (green) takes the neuter singular form, dropping the -nn and adding -t to become grænt.
Why is rigninguna in the accusative case here?
The preposition eftir dictates the case of the noun that follows it depending on its meaning. When eftir means 'after' referring to time, it always takes the accusative case. If it were describing physical location like walking 'along' a street, it would take the dative case instead.
How is the ending of rigninguna built?
The base word is the feminine noun rigning (rain). First, the accusative case changes it to rigningu. Then, we attach the feminine accusative definite article (the equivalent of 'the'), which is -na. Put together, rigningu plus -na makes rigninguna.
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