Breakdown of Flöskurnar og bollarnir eru inni.
vera
to be
og
and
inni
inside
flaskan
the bottle
bollinn
the cup
Questions & Answers about Flöskurnar og bollarnir eru inni.
Why do flöskurnar and bollarnir have different endings if they both mean "the" in the plural?
It depends on the grammatical gender of the noun. Flaska (bottle) is a feminine noun. Its plural is flöskur, and feminine plural nouns add -nar to mean "the" (flöskurnar). Bolli (cup) is masculine. Its plural is bollar, and masculine plural nouns add -nir to mean "the" (bollarnir).
Why is there an "ö" in flöskurnar if the singular word for bottle is flaska?
Why does the sentence use inni for "inside" instead of inn?
Icelandic uses different words for "inside" depending on whether there is movement or not. You use inni when something is stationary or already located inside, like the cups and bottles in this sentence. If someone were actively moving or walking "inside" a room, you would use inn.
Just to refresh my memory, is eru the plural form of er?
Yes, exactly! The verb vera (to be) changes depending on who or what is doing the action. Er means "am" or "is" for singular subjects. Because our subject here is plural ("the bottles and the cups"), we use the plural form eru, which means "are".
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