Breakdown of Skórnir eru oft framleiddir í útlöndum.
vera
to be
oft
often
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
skórinn
the shoe
útlönd
foreign countries (pl)
framleiða
to manufacture
Questions & Answers about Skórnir eru oft framleiddir í útlöndum.
Why does the word for "manufactured" end in -ir (framleiddir)?
In the static passive voice, the past participle acts like an adjective and must agree with the subject in gender, number, and case. Because skórnir (the shoes) is masculine, plural, and in the nominative case, the past participle framleiddur takes the masculine plural ending -ir, becoming framleiddir.
Why is "abroad" translated as í útlöndum? Does that literally mean "in foreign countries"?
Exactly. The base word is útland (foreign country). To say "abroad", Icelandic uses the plural form with the preposition í (in). It is in the dative case (útlöndum) because í takes the dative when describing a static location where something is happening.
Where should adverbs like oft go in a passive sentence like this?
Adverbs of frequency like oft (often) usually go right after the main conjugated verb (eru) and before the past participle (framleiddir). This is very similar to English word order: "are often manufactured".
I see skórnir means "the shoes", but what is the singular form?
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