Word
Hvar er tengdasonur ykkar?
Meaning
Where is your son-in-law?
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Hvar er tengdasonur ykkar?
vera
to be
hvar
where
ykkar
your (pl.)
tengdasonurinn
the son-in-law
Questions & Answers about Hvar er tengdasonur ykkar?
Why is there no definite article attached to tengdasonur? Shouldn't it be tengdasonurinn ykkar?
When talking about close family members, Icelandic uses a bare noun (without the 'the' ending) followed by the possessive word. That is why we say tengdasonur ykkar rather than tengdasonurinn ykkar.
Why is the word for 'your' ykkar here instead of þinn?
Ykkar is the plural form of 'your'. The speaker is asking two or more people (for example, the parents of the spouse) where their son-in-law is. If they were asking just one person, they would use the singular form and say tengdasonur þinn.
How does the word tengdasonur translate to 'son-in-law'?
It is a compound word. The prefix tengda- means 'connected' or 'related by marriage', acting exactly like '-in-law' does in English. Added to sonur (son), it becomes tengdasonur. You will also see this in words like tengdamóðir (mother-in-law).