Learn Icelandic: Hún er búin að baða hundinn og vökva blómið. - She has bathed the dog and watered the flower.

Hún er búin að baða hundinn og vökva blómið.

She has bathed the dog and watered the flower.

Breakdown of Hún er búin að baða hundinn og vökva blómið.

Questions & Answers about Hún er búin að baða hundinn og vökva blómið.

Why is the word búin used here instead of the dictionary form búinn?

In the vera búinn að construction, the word búinn behaves like an adjective and must agree with the subject. Because the subject is hún (she), which is feminine, búinn takes the feminine singular form búin.

Why isn't there another að before vökva?

When you list multiple actions connected by og (and) in this construction, you only need one að before the very first verb. The phrase hún er búin að applies perfectly to both baða (bathe) and vökva (water) without needing to be repeated.

Why are hundinn and blómið in the accusative case?

They are the direct objects being acted upon by the verbs baða and vökva. Both of these verbs require their objects to take the accusative case.

Does the verb vökva mean the same kind of water as the water you drink?

Not exactly. The verb vökva specifically means to water plants or crops. It comes from the noun vökvi, meaning liquid. The everyday noun for drinking water is vatn.