Breakdown of Hann baðar hundinn og vökvar blómið á mánudögum.
hundurinn
the dog
og
and
hann
he
á
onto / on / in (static location) / on (a day of the week)
blómið
the flower
mánudagur
Monday
baða
to bathe
vökva
to water
Questions & Answers about Hann baðar hundinn og vökvar blómið á mánudögum.
How would I change this to say "He has bathed the dog" using the vera búinn að construction?
You use the correct form of vera for hann (which is er), followed by the masculine singular búinn, and then að plus the infinitive baða. So it becomes: Hann er búinn að baða hundinn.
Why do we use the forms hundinn and blómið here?
Both verbs (baða and vökva) require their direct objects to be in the accusative case. For the masculine word hundur, the accusative definite (the dog) is hundinn. For the neuter word blóm, the accusative definite (the flower) is blómið, which happens to look identical to its subject form.
Why is it á mánudögum instead of á mánudaginn?
Using the plural dative ending -um with the preposition á translates to "on Mondays." It shows that this is a repeating weekly habit. If you said á mánudaginn, it would mean "on Monday" referring to one specific Monday.
What group of verbs do baðar and vökvar belong to?
They belong to the very common -a group of regular verbs. Their infinitives are baða (to bathe) and vökva (to water). To make the hann (he) form in the present tense, you simply add an -r to the stem, giving you baðar and vökvar.
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