Questions & Answers about Ég sé marga kjósendur úti.
Why is the word for "many" written as marga here instead of margir?
Marga is the masculine accusative plural form. The verb sjá (to see) forces the object being seen into the accusative case. Because kjósendur (voters) is masculine and plural, the quantifier must match it, changing from the nominative margir to the accusative marga.
What would happen to marga if I were seeing "many women" or "many children" instead?
The quantifier has to match the gender of the noun. If you saw many women (feminine), it would be margar konur. If you saw many children (neuter), it would be mörg börn. In all these cases, the words are in the accusative plural, but they take different endings based on their gender.
The singular word for voter is kjósandi. Why does it change to kjósendur?
Icelandic has a specific group of masculine nouns ending in -andi, usually describing a person doing an action (similar to an English "-er" word). In the plural, these words change their ending to -endur. For these words, the accusative plural is exactly the same as the nominative plural: kjósendur.
Why use úti for "outside" instead of út?
You use úti when something or someone is already located outside in a stationary position. You use út when there is movement, like going outside. Since the voters are just located outside in this sentence, we use úti.