Breakdown of Mér finnst þessi stjörnuspá of dómgjörn.
finnast
to find, to think
mér
me (dative)
þessi
this (m/f)
of
too
stjörnuspáin
the horoscope
dómgjarn
judgmental
Questions & Answers about Mér finnst þessi stjörnuspá of dómgjörn.
What does the suffix -gjarn add to the word dómgjörn?
The suffix -gjarn indicates a strong tendency, eagerness, or propensity to do something. Attached to the root of dómur (a judgment), it forms an adjective describing someone or something that is highly prone to judging—in other words, "judgmental".
Why is the suffix spelled -gjörn here instead of its dictionary form -gjarn?
The adjective must agree with the feminine noun stjörnuspá. The masculine nominative is dómgjarn, but to make it feminine, the a shifts to an ö (a standard U-shift in Icelandic grammar), giving us dómgjörn.
How is the word stjörnuspá constructed?
Why isn't þessi stjörnuspá in the accusative case as the object of the sentence?
Because the verb að finnast (to find or think) uses a dative subject. It places the person doing the thinking in the dative case (mér), while the thing being evaluated acts grammatically like the subject and stays in the nominative case. It literally functions like "This horoscope seems to me..."
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