Re: [norse_course] Hundrinn át min heimavinna.

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 11211
Date: 2010-07-30

At 6:26:33 PM on Thursday, July 29, 2010, rob13567 wrote:

> As I was later than usual posting this week's assignment,
> I thought I needed a good excuse. "The dog ate my
> homework" seemed reasonable, so I have made the attempt in
> the subject line to translate that sentence into Old
> Icelandic. If anyone sees any obvious errors, please let
> me know!

Possessive adjectives tend to follow the word that they
modify, and you need the accusative of the thing eaten, so
it's <Hundrinn át heimavinnu mína>.

Brian

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