Breakdown of Gestaherbergið hjá þeim er mjög huggulegt.
vera
to be
mjög
very
þeir
they (m)
hjá
next to / at (someone's) place, with
Questions & Answers about Gestaherbergið hjá þeim er mjög huggulegt.
How does hjá þeim translate to "at their place"?
The preposition hjá often means "by" or "next to," but when it is used with people, it frequently means "at [someone's] house" or "with [someone]." Since þeim means "them," hjá þeim naturally translates to "at their place."
Why are we using þeim instead of a regular word for "they" like þau?
The preposition hjá always forces the word that follows it into the dative case. Þeim is the dative form of the pronoun "they" (which covers þeir, þær, and þau).
What is the gesta part of the word gestaherbergið?
Why does huggulegt end with a -t?
Adjectives in Icelandic have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because herbergi (room) is a neuter noun, the adjective huggulegur (cozy) drops its masculine -ur ending and takes its neuter form, adding a -t to become huggulegt.