Breakdown of Þeir eru mjög þreyttir á þessari lestarstöð.
vera
to be
þreyttur
tired
mjög
very
þeir
they (m)
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
þessi
this (m/f)
lestarstöðin
the train station
Questions & Answers about Þeir eru mjög þreyttir á þessari lestarstöð.
Why is the word for 'this' þessari here instead of þessi?
It is the dative feminine singular form of þessi (this). The preposition á triggers the dative case when it describes being in a fixed location. Because lestarstöð (train station) is a feminine noun in the dative case, the word for "this" must match it in both gender and case, becoming þessari.
Why does the adjective þreyttir (tired) end in -ir?
Adjectives in Icelandic must agree with the noun or pronoun they describe. Here, the adjective is describing þeir (they), which is a masculine plural pronoun. The masculine plural nominative ending for the adjective þreyttur is -ir, making it þreyttir.
Why use the preposition á instead of í (in) for a train station?
In Icelandic, places of transit, public services, and workplaces often take the preposition á (meaning "at" or "on") rather than í. You are á lestarstöð (at a train station) just like you would be á flugvelli (at an airport) or á spítala (at a hospital).
What is the breakdown of the compound word lestarstöð?
It is made of lest (train) and stöð (station). The first part is lestar, which is the genitive (possessive) form of lest, so it literally translates to "station of a train". The gender of a compound word always comes from its final part; since stöð is feminine, the whole word lestarstöð is feminine.
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