From: kunphuzil
Message: 5727
Date: 2005-11-24
>though that may not be clear from the explanations in the lessons. I
> Hinn 21. nóvember 2005 lét kunphuzil þetta frá sér fara:
> > In exercise 3.2 of lesson 3 it asks to translate
> >
> > "Do you two eat the whole cheese?"
> >
> > into Old Norse. Though, previously it was said
> >
> > "The definite declension of adjectives is not presented here yet,
> > since it is modelled on a noun declension not yet introduced."
> >
> > How then can one perform this exercise lacking the knowledge of the
> > definite declension for adjectives?
>
> Good question. You're supposed to use the indefinite form here,
>don't know why :)
> nom. allr ostrinn
> acc. allan ostinn
>
> (= all the cheese)
>
> The pronoun/adjective "allr" never takes the indefinite form. I
>
> Kveðja,
> Haukur
>