Word
Konan kemur heim núna.
Meaning
The woman is coming home now.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Konan kemur heim núna.
Why is the verb kemur instead of "komur", since the infinitive is koma?
Koma belongs to Group 3 verbs, which take the ending -ur in the singular present tense (for he, she, and it). However, it also has a vowel change in the stem where o becomes e, making it kemur.
The translation says "is coming". Why isn't there a word for "is" in the Icelandic sentence?
Icelandic does not use a separate "is doing" tense for everyday actions. The simple present tense kemur covers both "comes" and "is coming".
Why use heim here instead of heima?
Heim implies movement towards home, which matches the verb kemur (is coming). You use heima when someone is already stationary at home.
How does konan mean "the woman"?
In Icelandic, "the" is added as an ending to the noun rather than being a separate word. The base noun kona (woman) takes the ending -n to become konan (the woman).