Word
Þau hafa planað ferðalagið.
Meaning
They have planned the trip.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Þau hafa planað ferðalagið.
þau
they (n)
hafa
to have
ferðalagið
the trip (longer journey)
plana
to plan
Questions & Answers about Þau hafa planað ferðalagið.
How do we form the word planað?
Planað is the supine (the form used with the verb 'to have') of the verb plana (to plan). Plana is a Group 1 weak verb, which means it takes an -ar ending in the present tense (hún planar). To make the supine for this group, you just take the infinitive (plana) and change the final -a to -að.
How does the present perfect tense work in this sentence?
Just like in English, Icelandic uses the verb hafa (to have) plus the supine form of the main verb to talk about completed actions or past experiences. Here, we use hafa because the subject þau is plural, and we pair it with the supine planað to mean 'have planned'.
Why does the sentence use þau for 'they'?
What case is ferðalagið in?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object receiving the action (it is the thing being planned). The base word is the neuter noun ferðalag (trip or journey), and the -ið at the end is the attached word for 'the', making it 'the trip'. Luckily, for neuter words like this, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the dictionary form.