Breakdown of Fyrirtækið leggur áherslu á góða þjónustu.
góður
good
fyrirtækið
the company
þjónustan
the service
leggja áherslu á
to emphasize
Questions & Answers about Fyrirtækið leggur áherslu á góða þjónustu.
Is there a single verb for 'to emphasize' in Icelandic?
While there are verbs like undirstrika (to underline or underscore), native speakers almost always use the set phrase leggja áherslu á (literally to lay emphasis on) to express general emphasis.
The preposition á can take either the dative or accusative case. Why is góða þjónustu in the accusative here?
In Icelandic, á takes the accusative when an action is directed toward a target, similar to physical movement. Because the company is actively laying (leggur) its emphasis onto the service, it triggers the accusative. If we were talking about emphasis that is statically located somewhere, it would trigger the dative.
Why do both áherslu and þjónustu end in -u in this sentence?
They are both weak feminine nouns, meaning their base dictionary forms end in -a (áhersla, þjónusta). This noun category is very predictable because the -a always changes to -u in the accusative, dative, and genitive cases. Here, áherslu is the direct object of the verb, and þjónustu is the object of the preposition.
What is the literal breakdown of the word fyrirtækið?
It is a neuter noun formed from fyrir (fore or before) and tæki (tool, instrument, or undertaking), coming together to mean an enterprise or company. The -ð at the very end is the attached neuter definite article, making it 'the company'.
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