From: mohnkern
Message: 4386
Date: 2004-07-09
> > I translated Who are you? (you being plural) into:you.
> >
> > Thik Heitir
> >
> > Are being the verb, and Thik being the accusatory plural form of
> >So It would be ther?
> > Is this correct?
>
> Not quite. Here are the problems.
>
> 1. The form 'þik' is indeed accusative - however
> the nominative is called for here (the verbs 'vera'
> and 'heita' take a nominative complement, not an
> accusative object).
>
> 2. The form 'þik' is not plural, it is singular.
>
> 3. The form 'heitir' is not plural second person,Is it heitio?
> it is singular third person.
>
> 4. The question word is missing.Reading lesson 2, it says "word order" indicates questioning. to
>
> Kveðja,
> Haukur