Breakdown of Gott veður gerir hundasýninguna skemmtilega.
góður
good
gera
to do / to make (something) + adjective
skemmtilegur
fun
veðrið
the weather
hundasýningin
the dog show
Questions & Answers about Gott veður gerir hundasýninguna skemmtilega.
Why is skemmtilega in the accusative feminine form instead of matching the subject veður?
This is an objective predicative. The adjective skemmtilega describes the direct object, hundasýninguna (the dog show), not the subject. Because hundasýninguna is feminine and in the accusative case, the adjective must agree with its gender, number, and case.
Why does skemmtilega use the strong declension here, even though hundasýninguna is a definite noun?
Objective predicative adjectives always use the strong declension. Even though the noun they describe might have the definite article attached (like the -una on the end of hundasýninguna), the adjective describing its state remains in the strong form.
Is there a reason we use gerir here instead of lætur? Both can translate to "makes" in English.
Yes! You use gera when you are making something have a certain quality or adjective (making the show fun). You use láta when you are making or letting someone perform an action with a verb (like making the dogs run).
How do we know the gender of the compound word hundasýninguna?
In Icelandic compound words, the gender is always determined by the final noun in the chain. The word is made of hundur (masculine) and sýning (feminine), so the combined word takes the feminine gender of sýning.
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