Breakdown of Að höfðu samráði breytum við þessari forsendu til að ná samkomulaginu.
við
we
að
to (infinitive marker)
þessi
this (m/f)
til
to
hafa
to have
ná
to reach, to catch (ná + dative)
breyta
to change
samkomulagið
the agreement
samráðið
the consultation
forsendan
the premise
Questions & Answers about Að höfðu samráði breytum við þessari forsendu til að ná samkomulaginu.
How does the construction að höfðu samráði break down grammatically?
This is the Dative Absolute construction. It consists of the preposition að followed by a past participle (höfðu, from hafa) and a noun (samráði), both in the dative case. Literally meaning "at had consultation," it is a formal way to express "after having consulted" or "following consultation."
Why does the verb come before the subject in breytum við?
Why is the phrase þessari forsendu in the dative case?
The verb breyta (to change or alter) requires its object to be in the dative case. Therefore, both the demonstrative pronoun þessari (this) and the feminine noun forsenda (premise or assumption) must be declined in the dative as þessari forsendu.
Why is samkomulaginu in the dative case here?
The verb ná takes the dative case when it means "to reach" or "to achieve" an abstract goal. Here, the neuter noun samkomulag (agreement) takes the dative definite suffix -inu to become samkomulaginu (the agreement).
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