--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>