Breakdown of Bindið er gamaldags og mjög ósmekklegt.
vera
to be
og
and
mjög
very
bindið
the tie
gamaldags
old-fashioned
ósmekklegur
tasteless (tacky, in poor taste)
Questions & Answers about Bindið er gamaldags og mjög ósmekklegt.
Why doesn't gamaldags have a neuter ending to match bindið?
Gamaldags (old-fashioned) is an invariable adjective, meaning it never changes its form to match the gender, number, or case of the noun it describes. It originally comes from the genitive phrase gamals dags (of an old day), which became frozen as a single word.
Why does ósmekklegt end in -t?
It has to agree with the noun it describes, bindið (the tie), which is a neuter noun. The base form of the adjective is ósmekklegur (masculine), but it takes the neuter singular nominative ending -t here.
How is the word ósmekklegt built?
If I wanted to say "An old-fashioned tie is very tasteless", how would the first word change?
You would drop the definite article -ð and just use the indefinite neuter noun bindi. The sentence would be: Bindi er gamaldags og mjög ósmekklegt.
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