Breakdown of Sérhvert skref á framleiðslulínunni er mikilvægt.
vera
to be
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
mikilvægur
important
skrefið
the step
sérhver
every single
framleiðslulínan
the production line
Questions & Answers about Sérhvert skref á framleiðslulínunni er mikilvægt.
Why is the pronoun sérhvert used here instead of just sérhver?
Sérhver declines to match the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies. Since skref (step) is a neuter noun in the nominative case, the pronoun takes the neuter nominative form sérhvert.
How does sérhvert skref differ in meaning from just saying hvert skref or öll skref?
Why is framleiðslulínunni in the dative case after á?
The preposition á can take either the accusative or dative case. Here it takes the dative because it describes a fixed location or state (where the step occurs) rather than movement towards a destination.
How is the compound word framleiðslulínunni formed?
It combines framleiðsla (production) and lína (line). When joining them, framleiðsla drops its final -a and takes a genitive -u ending to connect the words, forming framleiðslulína. The -nni at the end is the feminine singular definite article in the dative case.
Why does the adjective mikilvægt end in -t?
Adjectives in the predicate (after the verb er) must still agree with the subject they describe. Since the subject skref is a neuter singular noun, the adjective mikilvægur (important) takes the neuter singular ending -t.
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