Breakdown of Dvölin hjá mömmu og pabba er alltaf hugguleg.
vera
to be
og
and
alltaf
always
mamman
the mom (informal)
pabbinn
the dad (informal)
hjá
next to / at (someone's) place, with
huggulegur
cozy (also nice-looking)
dvölin
the stay
Questions & Answers about Dvölin hjá mömmu og pabba er alltaf hugguleg.
How does hjá mean at someone's place in this sentence?
The preposition hjá literally means by or next to. However, when you use hjá followed by a person or people (like mömmu og pabba), it is the standard way to say at their place, with them, or at their house. it works very much like chez in French.
Why are the words for mom and dad spelled mömmu and pabba instead of mamma and pabbi?
The preposition hjá forces the nouns that follow it into the dative case. For weak feminine nouns like mamma, the dative ending changes the word to mömmu. For weak masculine nouns like pabbi, the dative form becomes pabba. Because both are linked by og, they both take the dative case from the single hjá.
What is the base word for dvölin?
The base word is dvöl, a feminine noun meaning a stay. To say the stay, you attach the feminine definite article -in to the end, creating dvölin. It is in the nominative case here because it is the main subject of the sentence.
Why is the adjective hugguleg and not huggulegt?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because dvöl (the stay) is a feminine noun, the adjective must be in its feminine nominative form, which is hugguleg. If it were describing a neuter noun or a general abstract situation, you would use the neuter form huggulegt.
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