Word
Hótelið hefur mikið af tekjum.
Meaning
The hotel has a lot of income.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hótelið hefur mikið af tekjum.
mikið
a lot
hótelið
the hotel
hafa
to have
af
of (in quantity expressions)
Questions & Answers about Hótelið hefur mikið af tekjum.
Why do we use the neuter singular mikið when the noun tekjum is plural?
In the phrase mikið af (a lot of), the word mikið acts as a fixed block meaning "a large amount". It stays neuter singular regardless of the noun that follows it.
Why is tekjum in the dative case here?
The preposition af (of) always forces the noun that immediately follows it into the dative case. Here, the nominative plural noun tekjur (income) becomes the dative plural tekjum.
Since "income" is an uncountable mass noun in English, why does tekjum look plural?
Why does Hótelið end in -ið?
Hótel is a neuter noun, and -ið is the attached definite article, making it "the hotel". Because it is the subject of the sentence performing the action, it is in the basic nominative case.