Breakdown of Ert þú kominn með kremið? Húðflúrið grær ekki.
vera
to be
þú
you
ekki
not
koma
to come
með
with
kremið
the cream
húðflúrið
the tattoo
gróa
to heal
Questions & Answers about Ert þú kominn með kremið? Húðflúrið grær ekki.
Why does Ert þú kominn með translate to 'Have you gotten' instead of 'Have you arrived with'?
The phrase vera kominn með is a common idiom used to express the aspectual state of having acquired, received, or picked something up. While literally meaning 'to be come with', it is the natural way to say you now have something in your possession that you went to get.
Why is the word kominn in the masculine form here?
In the vera kominn með construction, the past participle kominn functions like an adjective and must agree in gender and number with the subject. Here, the speaker is clearly addressing a male. If addressing a female, it would change to Ert þú komin með kremið?
What case does the preposition með trigger in this specific expression?
It triggers the accusative case. When með implies bringing, carrying, or holding something (as it inherently does in vera kominn með), it governs the accusative. Because krem is a neuter noun, its accusative form with the definite article looks exactly the same as the nominative: kremið.
What is the literal breakdown of the word húðflúrið?
It is a compound of húð (skin) and flúr (flourish, ornament, or floral pattern), plus the neuter definite article -ið. Literally 'the skin-flourish', it is the standard Icelandic word for 'the tattoo'.
What is the infinitive form of the verb grær?
The infinitive is gróa (to heal, or in other contexts, to grow). It experiences a vowel shift in the present tense, changing the 'ó' to an 'æ' in the singular forms (ég græ, þú grær, húðflúrið grær).
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