Breakdown of Er nýja dulkóðunin auðskilin?
vera
to be
nýr
new
dulkóðunin
the encryption
auðskilinn
easily understood
Questions & Answers about Er nýja dulkóðunin auðskilin?
How is the word auðskilin constructed here?
It is made of the prefix auð- (easily/easy to) attached to skilin, which is the past participle of the verb skilja (to understand). It ends in -in instead of -inn because it must agree with the feminine nominative singular noun dulkóðunin.
If the encryption was hard to understand, how would we express that using the prefixes from this lesson?
You would swap the prefix to tor- (with difficulty/hard to), making the word torskilin.
Why does the adjective nýja take the weak form instead of the strong form ný?
Because the noun it modifies, dulkóðunin, has the definite article attached (the -in suffix). As a quick refresher, adjectives take the weak declension (which here ends in -a) when placed before a definite noun.
What is the literal breakdown of the noun dulkóðunin?
It combines the prefix dul- (meaning secret, hidden, or concealed) with kóðun (coding), plus the feminine definite article -in. Literally, it translates to "the secret-coding."
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