Questions & Answers about Ég skúraði baðherbergið í dag.
How do we form the past tense skúraði?
The verb skúra (to mop) belongs to Group 1 of the weak verbs. To make it past tense for ég (I), you take the root of the verb and add the suffix -aði. That gives us skúraði (I mopped).
Why does the word for 'the bathroom' end in -ð instead of -ið?
Which case is baðherbergið in?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object (the thing you are mopping). Neuter words are nice and easy here: their accusative form is exactly the same as their basic dictionary (nominative) form.
Why are there two separate words for 'today'?
In Icelandic, 'today' is expressed with a short prepositional phrase: í dag. It literally means 'in day', where dag is the accusative form of the word dagur (day).
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