Breakdown of Hvaða hárgreiðslumaður er farinn að krulla hárið svona vel?
vera
to be
vel
well
fara
to go
að
to (infinitive marker)
hárið
the hair
hvaða
which, what
svona
so, like this
hárgreiðslumaðurinn
the hairdresser
krulla
to curl
Questions & Answers about Hvaða hárgreiðslumaður er farinn að krulla hárið svona vel?
Why does the sentence use farinn instead of the supine form farið?
In the construction vera farinn að (to have started doing something), the word farinn is a past participle that acts like an adjective. It must agree in gender, number, and case with the subject. Because hárgreiðslumaður is a masculine, singular noun in the nominative case, the participle takes the masculine nominative singular form farinn.
Does er farinn að krulla imply the hairdresser physically went somewhere to curl hair?
No. Although að fara literally means 'to go', the structure vera farinn að followed by an infinitive is an idiom used to express continuous inception. It simply means that an action has begun and is now an ongoing state or habit, translating best to 'has started to curl'.
What role does svona play here, and could I just use svo?
While both svo vel and svona vel translate to 'so well', svona literally means 'such' or 'like this'. Using svona vel gives the phrase a demonstrative feel, implying the speaker is looking directly at the beautifully curled hair as evidence right now.
Why is hárgreiðslumaður in the nominative case after hvaða?
The question word hvaða is indeclinable, meaning it never changes form and does not force the noun following it into a specific case. The noun takes its case strictly from its grammatical role in the sentence. Since the hairdresser is the subject doing the action, it remains in the nominative.
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