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Finnst þér allt grænmetið gott?

Finnst þér allt grænmetið gott?
Do you find all the vegetables good?
From Lesson 68:All / everything / everyone (allur)·Icelandic

Questions & Answers about Finnst þér allt grænmetið gott?

Why is allt used in the singular when the English translation says "all the vegetables" (plural)?
In Icelandic, grænmeti (vegetables) is a neuter singular mass noun, similar to how we use "water" or "furniture" in English. Since the noun is singular and neuter, the pronoun allur must also take its neuter singular form, allt.
What case is allt grænmetið in this sentence, and why?
It is in the nominative case. The verb finnast (to find/think) follows a special pattern: the person having the opinion (þér) takes the dative case, but the thing they are judging (allt grænmetið) stays in the nominative.
Why does the noun grænmetið have a definite article ("the"), but allt does not?
When you want to say "all of the [noun]" in Icelandic, the word for "all" (allur) stays indefinite, but you must add the definite article to the end of the noun. So you get allt grænmetið, which literally means "all vegetable-the".
Why is gott at the very end of the sentence instead of right next to the vegetables?
Because it acts as a complement to the verb rather than just a regular adjective modifying the noun. The structure for expressing an opinion is [Verb] + [Person in dative] + [Thing in nominative] + [Adjective in nominative]. It literally translates to "Seems to you all the vegetable-the good?"

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