Breakdown of Ég vil geta dulkóðað öll gögnin.
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I
vilja
to want (to will, be willing)
allur
all / everything / everyone
geta
to be able to
gögnin
the data
dulkóða
to encrypt
Questions & Answers about Ég vil geta dulkóðað öll gögnin.
Why do we use the supine dulkóðað here instead of an infinitive like we would in English?
This sentence demonstrates auxiliary stacking. The modal verb vil takes the infinitive geta (to be able to). However, the verb geta is special in Icelandic because it always forces the verb that follows it into the supine form (the neuter singular past participle). Therefore, instead of stacking two infinitives, we get geta followed by the supine dulkóðað.
Why does gögnin have the definite article attached after the word öll?
When you use the word for "all" (allur) to mean "all of the [specific noun]", the noun that follows takes the definite article suffix. If you said öll gögn without the article, it would mean "all data" in a general, worldwide sense, rather than the specific data you are trying to encrypt here.
Is the word gögnin singular or plural?
It is plural. The base neuter noun gagn usually means "use" or "advantage" in the singular, but in the plural (gögn) it translates to "data", "records", or "documents". Because it is neuter plural accusative here, it forces the pronoun "all" to take the matching neuter plural accusative form öll.
How is the verb dulkóða (to encrypt) formed?
It is a compound made from dul- (secret or hidden, related to the verb dylja) and kóða (to code). Icelandic frequently creates modern tech vocabulary by attaching descriptive native prefixes to borrowed or existing roots.
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