Breakdown of Fáir þátttakendur eru ánægðir með könnunina.
vera
to be
með
with
könnunin
the survey
fár
few
þátttakandinn
the participant
ánægður
satisfied
Questions & Answers about Fáir þátttakendur eru ánægðir með könnunina.
Why do we use fáir instead of another form of "few" like fáar or fá?
Fáir is the masculine plural nominative form. As you are learning in this lesson, quantifiers like "few", "many", and "several" must match the noun they describe in gender, number, and case. Þátttakendur (participants) is masculine and plural, and since it is the subject of the sentence, we use the nominative form fáir.
Þátttakendur is a long word. How is it formed, and how do I know it's masculine?
Why does the adjective ánægðir (satisfied) end in -ir here?
Adjectives have to agree with the noun they describe. Because the participants (þátttakendur) are masculine, plural, and in the nominative case, the dictionary form of the adjective (ánægður) drops the -ur and adds the masculine plural nominative ending -ir, becoming ánægðir.
Why is könnunina (the survey) in the accusative case here?
The preposition með (with) controls the case of the word that follows it. While með sometimes takes the dative case (for example, when using a tool), it takes the accusative case when it means being "satisfied with" something. Könnunina is the definite, accusative form of the feminine noun könnun.
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