Breakdown of Hefur ferðamaðurinn lesið landakortið?
lesa
to read
hafa
to have
ferðamaðurinn
the tourist
landakortið
the map
Questions & Answers about Hefur ferðamaðurinn lesið landakortið?
Why does the verb lesa become lesið here?
It is in the supine (sagnbót) form, which is used after the helping verb hafa (has/have) to say that someone has done something. For strong verbs like lesa, the supine almost always ends in -ið.
Does the root vowel of lesa change in the supine?
No. While many strong verbs change their root vowel in the supine (for example, drekka becomes drukkið), lesa keeps the same e vowel as the infinitive. It simply takes the strong -ið ending to become lesið.
In what case is the word landakortið?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb (the thing being read). It doesn't look like it changed because landakort (map) is a neuter noun, and neuter nouns always have the exact same form in the accusative and nominative cases, even with the attached article -ið.
How do you break down the word ferðamaðurinn?
It is a compound of ferða (of travels/journeys) and maður (man/person), which together mean tourist. The -inn at the very end is the attached definite article, making it specifically 'the' tourist.
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