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Hér eru þrjátíu og átta nemendur.

Hér eru þrjátíu og átta nemendur.
Here are thirty-eight students.
From Lesson 65:Counting by tens to 100 (þrjátíu, fjörutíu...)·Icelandic

Breakdown of Hér eru þrjátíu og átta nemendur.

vera
to be
hér
here
og
and
nemandinn
the student
átta
eight
þrjátíu
thirty

Questions & Answers about Hér eru þrjátíu og átta nemendur.

How are compound numbers like 38 formed in this sentence?
In Icelandic, you connect the tens and the units with og (and). So, 38 is literally "thirty and eight" (þrjátíu og átta). You must include og, unlike in English where we just mash them together as "thirty-eight".
Do the numbers þrjátíu (30) or átta (8) change their endings to match the noun?
No, they do not. The numbers 1 through 4 change to match the noun's gender and case, but the number 8 and the tens (like 30) never change form. Note that if the number were 31, it would be þrjátíu og einn because the "one" part would still need to decline to match the masculine noun nemendur.
How is the word þrjátíu built?
It is made up of þrjá (a form of "three") and tíu (ten). Most of the "tens" from 30 to 90 are built exactly this way, so they literally translate to "three tens", "four tens", and so on.
What is the singular form of the plural noun nemendur (students)?
The singular is nemandi. Nouns ending in -andi usually describe a person doing an action, and they take this special plural ending -endur instead of a regular plural ending.

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