Breakdown of Mig langar að fara í leikhúsið með kennaranum.
ég
I
kennarinn
the teacher
fara
to go
langa
to want
að
to (infinitive marker)
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
með
with
leikhúsið
the theatre
Questions & Answers about Mig langar að fara í leikhúsið með kennaranum.
Why is "the teacher" written as kennaranum here?
In this lesson, we see that the preposition með requires the dative case when it means doing something alongside someone. Kennari (teacher) is a masculine word, so its dative form is kennara. To say "the teacher", we add the dative masculine ending -num to get kennaranum.
Why does the sentence start with Mig instead of Ég?
The verb langa (to want) is an impersonal verb. In Icelandic, the grammar for this verb works a bit like "it longs me". Because you are receiving the feeling rather than actively doing a physical action, you use the accusative form mig (me) instead of the standard subject form ég (I).
Since we are practicing the dative case, why is leikhúsið (the theatre) in the accusative case?
While með takes the dative here, the preposition í takes the accusative case when you are showing movement or a journey into a place (like going to the theatre). If there was no movement and you were already sitting inside the theatre, í would take the dative case instead.
How is the word leikhúsið built?
It is a compound word made of leikur (a play or game) and hús (house) to make leikhús (theatre). The -ið at the end is the attached word for "the" used for neuter words in the accusative case.
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