Breakdown of Á hrekkjavökunni ætla ég að mæta sem vampýra.
ég
I
að
to (infinitive marker)
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
ætla
to intend
mæta
to show up
hrekkjavakan
the Halloween
sem
as (in the role of)
vampýran
the vampire
Questions & Answers about Á hrekkjavökunni ætla ég að mæta sem vampýra.
Why is vampýra in the nominative case here?
The word sem (meaning 'as') makes the following noun agree in case with the noun it refers to. Since you are saying that you (the subject, ég) will show up as a vampire, vampýra matches the nominative case of ég. If the sentence were 'He dressed me as a vampire' where 'me' is accusative, the word for vampire would also switch to the accusative to match.
What is the literal breakdown of the word hrekkjavaka?
Why do we use the preposition á with the dative case for Halloween here?
When talking about holidays, festivals, or specific named days, Icelandic typically uses á followed by the dative case (just like á jólunum for 'at Christmas'). Here, hrekkjavökunni is the dative definite form of hrekkjavaka.
Does mæta just mean to meet someone?
It can mean 'to meet' when followed by an object in the dative case, but it is very commonly used on its own without an object to mean 'to show up', 'to attend', or 'to arrive' at an event. In this sentence, að mæta simply means you are making an appearance or showing up to the party.
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