Breakdown of Nýja reikniritið breytir þessu hegðunarmynstri.
nýr
new
þessi
this (m/f)
breyta
to change
reikniritið
the algorithm
Questions & Answers about Nýja reikniritið breytir þessu hegðunarmynstri.
How would we rewrite this sentence to say it changes "such a" behavioral pattern, using the formal determiner slíkur?
You would replace the demonstrative pronoun þessu with the matching form of slíkur, which is slíku. The sentence becomes: Nýja reikniritið breytir slíku hegðunarmynstri. Remember that slíkur fully inflects to match the noun in gender (neuter), case (dative), and number (singular), unlike the colloquial, invariable words svona or þannig.
Why are þessu hegðunarmynstri in the dative case?
The verb breyta (to change) governs the dative case for the thing that is being altered. Even though the behavioral pattern is the direct object of the verb, it must take the dative case, which is why we see the dative neuter forms þessu and hegðunarmynstri.
Why is the adjective nýja used here instead of the standard neuter form nýtt?
Because the noun has the attached definite article (reiknirit-ið), the adjective modifying it must use the weak declension. The weak nominative neuter form of nýr is nýja. If you were talking about "a new algorithm" (indefinite), you would use the strong form: nýtt reiknirit.
How is the compound noun hegðunarmynstri put together?