Sæll Haukur!
Sorry for the delay! At last I can open up
everyone else´s responses now!
kömr ... verb, 3rd person sing., present,
indicative, active of KOMA
Norðrlönd ... proper noun, neuter plural,
accusative of NORÐRLAND
tíðenda ... noun, neuter plural, genitive of
TÍÐENDI
Ólöfu ... proper noun, fem sing, accusative of
ÓLÖFA
dóttur ... noun, fem sing accusative of DÓTTIR
agreeing with Ólöfu
Þorsteins ... proper noun, masc sing, genitive of
ÞORSTEINN
rauðs ... adjective, masc sing, genitive of RAUÐR
agreeing with Þorsteins
þeim ... pronoun, 3rd person plural masc [could be
fem or neut] dative of ÞEIR
vildi ... verb, 3rd pers plural, past, subjunctive,
active of VILJA
kaupa ... verb, infinitive
Sentence 1
vildu kaupa is in the indicative form because it is
a definitive statement - wanted to buy
Sentence 2
vildi kaupa is in the subjunctive form
because it is in a dependent clause implying possibility - what they might
want to buy
[The only example I can think of where we still
have the subjunctive form in English is in
...If I were you, I
would.....
but this would be less common in spoken
English nowadays.]
Maðr heitr Eyvindr - hann bjó á Nóregum.
Broðir hans hét Gunnarr. Broeðr váru báðir miklir ok sterkir.
Now I´ve done this, I´ll make a start on week
6!!!
Kveðja,
Sarah.