Word
Barnið fær tvö rúmstykki og eitt kex.
Meaning
The child gets two bread rolls and one biscuit.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about Barnið fær tvö rúmstykki og eitt kex.
We are learning the accusative forms for numbers. Why do tvö and eitt look exactly like their basic nominative forms here?
For neuter words, the numbers 1 to 4 are identical in both the nominative and accusative cases! The verb fær (gets) does make its objects accusative, but because rúmstykki (bread roll) and kex (biscuit) are both neuter, you use tvö and eitt whether they are the subject or the object.
Is rúmstykki plural here? It does not look like it changed from its singular form.
Yes, it means 'rolls' here! In Icelandic, many neuter nouns look exactly the same in the singular and the plural. We know it is plural in this sentence because the number tvö (two) is right in front of it.
I thought the verb for 'to get' was fá. Why is it fær here?
Why does the sentence start with Barnið instead of just Barn?