Breakdown of Nágrannarnir í húsfélaginu eru venjulega vingjarnlegir.
vera
to be
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
venjulega
usually
nágranninn
the neighbor
húsfélagið
the housing association
vingjarnlegur
friendly
Questions & Answers about Nágrannarnir í húsfélaginu eru venjulega vingjarnlegir.
Why does vingjarnlegir end in -ir?
It is an adjective describing nágrannarnir (the neighbors). Since the word for neighbor is a masculine noun, and we are talking about more than one in the subject position (nominative case), the adjective takes the masculine plural ending -ir.
How do we break down the word nágrannarnir?
Why is húsfélaginu in the dative case here?
The preposition í takes the dative case when it describes a fixed location or state, like being part of a housing association. The neuter noun húsfélag becomes húsfélagi in the dative, and then we add the definite ending -nu to mean the housing association.
Why is it venjulega instead of venjulegur?
Venjulegur is an adjective meaning usual. By using the -a ending instead, we turn it into the adverb venjulega, which means usually.
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