Breakdown of Mér finnst sveigjanleikinn frábær.
finnast
to find, to think
mér
me (dative)
frábær
fantastic
sveigjanleikinn
the flexibility
Questions & Answers about Mér finnst sveigjanleikinn frábær.
Why is "sveigjanleikinn" in the nominative case here instead of the accusative?
With the verb finnast (to find or to think), the person holding the opinion is in the dative case (mér). The thing being evaluated is actually the grammatical subject of the sentence, so it must be in the nominative case (sveigjanleikinn).
Why does the adjective frábær not have a special ending here?
It actually does have a specific form here: it is in the masculine singular nominative. Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe. Because sveigjanleikinn is a masculine nominative noun, frábær takes the matching masculine nominative form, which happens to be the base dictionary form.
How is the noun sveigjanleikinn formed?
It comes from the masculine noun sveigjanleiki (flexibility), which is built from the adjective sveigjanlegur (flexible) and the suffix -leiki (used to form abstract nouns, similar to "-ity" or "-ness" in English). The -nn at the end is the attached definite article meaning "the".
How could I include the invariable adjective "eigin" (own) in a sentence structured like this?
If you wanted to say "I find my own flexibility great," you would say "Mér finnst minn eigin sveigjanleiki frábær." As you are learning in this lesson, eigin never changes its form, but the possessive pronoun minn must still agree with the masculine nominative noun sveigjanleiki.
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