Breakdown of Það eru þrettán stólar í herberginu.
vera
to be
það
it / there (existential) / the one (n)
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
stóllinn
the chair
herbergið
the room
þrettán
thirteen
Questions & Answers about Það eru þrettán stólar í herberginu.
Does the number þrettán change its ending depending on the noun?
No. Unlike the numbers 1 through 4, the numbers 11 to 20 do not change based on the gender or case of the noun. It will always be þrettán whether you are counting masculine words like stóll, or words of any other gender.
Why do we use eru instead of er after Það?
How do we get the plural form stólar?
The singular word for chair is the masculine noun stóll. To make it plural in the subject position (nominative case), you drop the extra l at the end and add the plural ending -ar to get stólar.
Why does the word herberginu have the ending -nu?
This is the neuter word herbergi (room) with the definite article attached to mean 'the room'. Because the preposition í describes a fixed location here, it forces the noun into the dative case. The dative definite form is herberginu.
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