Questions & Answers about Þetta er verra hótel.
What is the base word for verra?
Verra is the irregular comparative form of the adjective vondur (bad) or illur (bad). It translates to "worse".
Why is it verra and not verri?
Comparative adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because hótel is a neuter noun, we use the neuter form verra. If you were talking about a masculine or feminine noun, you would use verri instead.
Why do we use þetta here instead of þessi?
Why is there no word for "a" in this sentence?
Icelandic doesn't have a separate word for "a" or "an". To say "a hotel", you just use the bare noun hótel. If you wanted to say "the worse hotel", you would add the "the" ending to the noun: verra hótelið.
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