Question 1

Why doesn't the adjective spennandi change to match the feminine noun kosningin?

Accepted Answer

Words ending in -andi are present participles (like English words ending in "-ing"). When used as adjectives, they are indeclinable, meaning they never change their endings no matter the gender, number, or case of the noun.

Question 2

Why do we use þreyttir instead of the dictionary form þreyttur?

Accepted Answer

Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe. Because stjórnmálamennirnir (the politicians) is masculine and plural, the adjective takes the masculine nominative plural ending -ir, making it þreyttir.

Question 3

Stjórnmálamennirnir is in the nominative case. How would we change it to the genitive plural definite to say "of the politicians"?

Accepted Answer

To form the definite genitive plural, we add the suffix -anna. The genitive plural of menn (men) is manna. Adding -nna (since the word already ends in 'a') gives us the long but logical word stjórnmálamannanna.

Question 4

If we wanted to talk about something belonging to multiple elections, how would we form the genitive plural definite of kosningin?

Accepted Answer

The indefinite plural of kosning is kosningar. To make it genitive plural definite ("of the elections"), we take the genitive plural form kosninga and add the definite suffix -nna. This gives us kosninganna.

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