Breakdown of Ég tek fötin úr ferðatöskunni.
ég
I
taka
to take
úr
out of
fötin
the clothes
ferðataskan
the suitcase
Questions & Answers about Ég tek fötin úr ferðatöskunni.
Why do we use úr here instead of frá?
The preposition úr specifically means "out of" a container or enclosed space. Since you are taking the clothes from inside the suitcase, we use úr. If you used frá, it would just mean you moved them away from the general location of the suitcase.
Why does the word for suitcase change to ferðatöskunni?
The preposition úr always forces the word that follows it into the dative case. The base word is ferðataska (feminine). In the dative case, this becomes ferðatösku. Then we add the definite article ("the"), which for feminine dative is -nni, giving us ferðatöskunni.
Is ferðataska a compound word?
Yes! It combines ferð (a trip or journey, here in a joining form ferða-) and taska (bag). So it literally means a "travel bag".
What case is fötin (the clothes) in?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object—the thing being taken. The verb taka (to take) forces its object into the accusative. For the neuter plural word fötin, the accusative form happens to look exactly the same as the dictionary form.
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