Breakdown of Hver er meðleigjandinn ykkar?
vera
to be
hver
who / what / which (one)
ykkar
your (pl.)
meðleigjandinn
the roommate
Questions & Answers about Hver er meðleigjandinn ykkar?
Why do we use ykkar here instead of þinn?
We use ykkar when talking to more than one person. It means "your (plural)" or "belonging to you guys". Unlike the singular "your" (þinn), which changes its ending to match the gender and number of the noun it belongs to, ykkar is a genitive pronoun. That means it is technically the "of you" form of the pronoun þið, so it never changes its shape to match the noun.
Why does meðleigjandinn have the definite article "-inn" attached to it?
In Icelandic, when a possessive word like ykkar comes right after the noun, the noun must take the definite article. So, instead of saying "roommate your", Icelandic says "the-roommate your" (meðleigjandinn ykkar). This is a very common pattern you will see with most possessives.
How does the word meðleigjandi break down?
It is a compound of the preposition með (with) and the noun leigjandi (tenant or renter). Literally, it means a "with-renter", which translates perfectly to roommate or flatmate!
What kind of word ends in -andi like leigjandi?