Breakdown of Hvaða tegund velur kærastan þín?
þinn
your (m, f, n: þinn, þín, þitt)
kærastan
the girlfriend
velja
to choose
hvaða
which, what
tegundin
the type (f)
Questions & Answers about Hvaða tegund velur kærastan þín?
Does hvaða change its ending to match tegund?
No, it doesn't! Unlike many other words in Icelandic, the question word hvaða (which/what) never changes. It stays exactly the same no matter the gender, number, or case of the noun that follows it.
Why is the verb velur before the subject kærastan þín?
Icelandic uses a strict verb-second rule. Because the question phrase Hvaða tegund takes up the first position in the sentence, the verb velur must come immediately next. This pushes the subject to the end.
Why is there an -n at the end of kærastan?
That -n is the attached word for "the". In Icelandic, when you put a possessive word like þín (your) directly after a noun, you almost always add the "the" ending to that noun. So it literally translates to "the girlfriend your".
Why do we use þín for "your" here instead of þinn?
Possessive words have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because kærasta (girlfriend) is a feminine word, you must use the feminine form þín rather than the masculine þinn.
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