Here’s may week 5 work:
1. Þessir broeðr gengu um kaupstaðinn jafnan ok vildu kaupa sér gullhring.
broeðr: noun, masculine, plural, nominative |
gengu: verb, 3rd person, plural, past tense, indicative, active voice |
jafnan: adverb |
kaupa: verb, infinitive, active voice |
2. þar kømr mest fjölmenni hingat á Norðurlönd
kømr = verb, 3rd person, singular, present tense, indicative, passive voice
Norðurlönd = noun, neutral, plural, accusative
3. Þorbjörn var auðigr maðr ok var þá gamall, er þetta var tíðenda.
tíðenda = noun, neutral, plural, genitive?
4. gifti þar Ólöfu dóttur Þorsteins rauðs
I am really unsure on this but I am going to give it shot:
Ólöfu = noun, feminine, singular, dative?
dóttur = noun, feminine, singular, genitive
Þorsteins = noun, masculine, singular, genitive
rauðs = adjective, masculine, singular, genitive
5. Þar sat maðr fyrir ok fagnaði þeim vel ok spurði hvat þeir vildi kaupa.
þeim = pronoun, 3rd person, plural, masculine, dative
vilidi kaupa = verb, 3rd person, plural, past tense, subjunctive, passive
Question: Why do we have vildu kaupa in sentence 1 but vildi kaupa in sentence 5?
Vildu is indicative and Vildi is subjunctive. In sentence one the brothers want to buy a gold ring but in sentence five the desire to purchase is, to the man, vague.
A man is named Eyvindr - he lived in Norway. His brother was called Gunnarr. The brothers were both big and strong.
Maðr heitir Eyvindr – hann lifði í Nóregi. Gunnarr var kölluð hans bróður. Brœdirnir váru jafnan stórir ok sterkir.
-Alfta