Breakdown of Mig langar að þakka fyrir gestrisnina hjá ykkur.
þið
you (plural)
mig
me (acc)
langa
to want
að
to (infinitive marker)
þakka
to thank
hjá
next to / at (someone's) place, with
fyrir
for (fyrir þig)
gestrisnin
the hospitality
Questions & Answers about Mig langar að þakka fyrir gestrisnina hjá ykkur.
How does hjá ykkur translate to "at your place"?
The preposition hjá requires the following word to be in the dative case. When you use hjá followed by a person, like the plural "you" (ykkur), it usually means "at your place," "with you," or "in your home." Here, it points to the hospitality the speaker experienced while staying at their house.
Why does the sentence start with Mig langar instead of Ég langa?
The verb langa (to want or desire) is an impersonal verb. This means the person experiencing the desire is put in the accusative case, so the standard "I" (ég) becomes mig. You can think of it literally as "it longs me to..."
Why does gestrisnina end in -na?
The base noun is gestrisni (hospitality), which is a feminine word. The -na at the end is the attached definite article, making it "the hospitality". The whole word is in the accusative case here because it is the object of the preposition fyrir.
I know takk means thanks. Why do we use þakka fyrir here?
Þakka is the actual infinitive verb meaning "to thank." When you want to construct a full sentence specifying exactly what you are thanking someone for, you use the verb phrase þakka fyrir followed by the thing you are grateful for.
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