Breakdown of Er herbergið neitt hljóðeinangrað eða heyrir þú hávaðann í gegnum vegginn?
vera
to be
þú
you
heyra
to hear
veggurinn
the wall
herbergið
the room
eða
or
hávaðinn
the noise
í gegnum
through (+ Accusative)
hljóðeinangraður
soundproof
neitt
at all
Questions & Answers about Er herbergið neitt hljóðeinangrað eða heyrir þú hávaðann í gegnum vegginn?
Doesn't neitt usually mean "anything"?
Yes, when used as a pronoun, neitt means "anything". However, here it is acting as a degree adverb modifying the adjective hljóðeinangrað. In questions or negative sentences, you can place the indeclinable word neitt directly before an adjective or adverb to mean "at all".
How is the word hljóðeinangrað built, and why does it end in -að?
It is a compound made from hljóð (sound) and the past participle einangrað (isolated or insulated). It takes the neuter singular nominative ending -að so that it agrees grammatically with the subject of the clause, herbergið (the room).
Why is vegginn in the accusative case?
It is driven by the compound preposition í gegnum (through), which always forces its object into the accusative case. Because veggur (wall) is a masculine noun, its definite accusative form is vegginn.
Why is the word for noise, hávaðann, in the accusative case here?
It acts as the direct object of the verb heyra (to hear). Since heyra governs the accusative case for the thing being heard, the masculine noun hávaði takes its definite accusative form, hávaðann.
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