Breakdown of Fundurinn er nákvæmlega einn klukkutími!
vera
to be
einn
one
fundurinn
the meeting
nákvæmlega
exactly
Questions & Answers about Fundurinn er nákvæmlega einn klukkutími!
We learned klukkan for telling time. Why is the word for hour klukkutími?
The word klukka means clock or watch, which is why we use it to read the time (klukkan er... means the clock is...). But when you want to talk about an hour as a length of time, you use klukkutími, which literally translates to clock-time.
Why does it say einn klukkutími instead of eitt klukkutími?
Where is the word for "the" in Fundurinn?
In Icelandic, the word for "the" is not a separate word like it is in English. Instead, it gets attached to the end of the noun. The base word for meeting is fundur. Adding the masculine ending -inn gives us fundurinn (the meeting).
Does the -lega part of nákvæmlega mean something specific?
Yes! The -lega ending is very common in Icelandic and works just like the "-ly" ending in English. It turns the adjective nákvæmur (exact) into the adverb nákvæmlega (exactly).