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cluelessboutlanguages Tuesday 02nd of May 2006 03:01:21 AM
Can anyone help me with translating something? - If anyone can help me that would be great! Thanks.

1)Ertu að borða fiska/fiskinn (I know borða fiska/fiskinn means eat/meal fish and að means to but I it doesn\'t seem to make much sense.)
2) Hvað er Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera. (I thought it meant what are gunnar and Ingibjörg to do but unless the question mark has been left off it doesn\'t make sense either.)

Thanks for your help!

mrbicrevise Tuesday 09th of May 2006 04:34:39 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by cluelessboutlanguages[/i]

If anyone can help me that would be great! Thanks.

1)Ertu að borða fiska/fiskinn (I know borða fiska/fiskinn means eat/meal fish and að means to but I it doesn\'t seem to make much sense.)
2) Hvað er Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera. (I thought it meant what are gunnar and Ingibjörg to do but unless the question mark has been left off it doesn\'t make sense either.)

Thanks for your help!
[/quote]

As far as I know \"ertu\" means \"are you\", so if I had to guess I\'d say that phrase would translate as \"Are you going to eat fish?\"

errrkle Saturday 20th of May 2006 08:07:31 PM
- 1) -does mean \'Are you eating fish/the fish*, hence að is a grammatical marker to indicate that you\'re eating in the present tense
2) -would mean \'What are Gunnar and Ingibjorg doing?\', i.e in the present tense, if eru was in place of er- plural

e.g, Ég er að gera: I am doing
Ég er að lesa: I am reading

I suppose the \'er að...is similar to \'je suis en train de..\' [I am in the process of...] as in French

*I\'m not sure whether the words for fish are correct though, I\'m still very much a beginner;declining nouns

einhar Saturday 20th of May 2006 11:23:30 PM
- Hvað er[b]u[/b] (plural verb) Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera.

\'Að\' is an infinitive marker before a verb.
Have a look at this site:
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/IcelOnline/IcelOnline.TEId-idx?type=simple&size=First+100&rgn=lemma&q1=a%F0&submit=Search

einhar Tuesday 06th of June 2006 07:26:37 AM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by mrbicrevise[/i]

[quote][i]Originally posted by cluelessboutlanguages[/i]

If anyone can help me that would be great! Thanks.

1)Ertu að borða fiska/fiskinn (I know borða fiska/fiskinn means eat/meal fish and að means to but I it doesn\'t seem to make much sense.)
2) Hvað er Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera. (I thought it meant what are gunnar and Ingibjörg to do but unless the question mark has been left off it doesn\'t make sense either.)

Thanks for your help!
[/quote]

As far as I know \\\"ertu\\\" means \\\"are you\\\", so if I had to guess I\'d say that phrase would translate as \\\"Are you going to eat fish?\\\"[/quote]

Actually \'ertu\' is derived from \'er þú\', similar cases:
Farðu - Far þú = Go
Komdu - Kom þú = Come
Gakktu - Gakk þú = Walk

Phrasebase Archive
	cluelessboutlanguages	Tuesday 02nd of May 2006 03:01:21 AM
	Can anyone help me with translating something? - If anyone can help me that would be great! Thanks. 1)Ertu að borða fiska/fiskinn (I know borða fiska/fiskinn means eat/meal fish and að means to but I it doesn\'t seem to make much sense.) 2) Hvað er Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera. (I thought it meant what are gunnar and Ingibjörg to do but unless the question mark has been left off it doesn\'t make sense either.) Thanks for your help!
	mrbicrevise	Tuesday 09th of May 2006 04:34:39 PM
	- [quote][i]Originally posted by cluelessboutlanguages[/i] If anyone can help me that would be great! Thanks. 1)Ertu að borða fiska/fiskinn (I know borða fiska/fiskinn means eat/meal fish and að means to but I it doesn\'t seem to make much sense.) 2) Hvað er Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera. (I thought it meant what are gunnar and Ingibjörg to do but unless the question mark has been left off it doesn\'t make sense either.) Thanks for your help! [/quote] As far as I know \"ertu\" means \"are you\", so if I had to guess I\'d say that phrase would translate as \"Are you going to eat fish?\"
	errrkle	Saturday 20th of May 2006 08:07:31 PM
	- 1) -does mean \'Are you eating fish/the fish, hence að is a grammatical marker to indicate that you\'re eating in the present tense 2) -would mean \'What are Gunnar and Ingibjorg doing?\', i.e in the present tense, if eru was in place of er- plural e.g, Ég er að gera: I am doing Ég er að lesa: I am reading I suppose the \'er að...is similar to \'je suis en train de..\' [I am in the process of...] as in French I\'m not sure whether the words for fish are correct though, I\'m still very much a beginner;declining nouns
	einhar	Saturday 20th of May 2006 11:23:30 PM
	- Hvað er[b]u[/b] (plural verb) Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera. \'Að\' is an infinitive marker before a verb. Have a look at this site: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/IcelOnline/IcelOnline.TEId-idx?type=simple&size=First+100&rgn=lemma&q1=a%F0&submit=Search
	einhar	Tuesday 06th of June 2006 07:26:37 AM
	- [quote][i]Originally posted by mrbicrevise[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by cluelessboutlanguages[/i] If anyone can help me that would be great! Thanks. 1)Ertu að borða fiska/fiskinn (I know borða fiska/fiskinn means eat/meal fish and að means to but I it doesn\'t seem to make much sense.) 2) Hvað er Gunnar og Ingibjörg að gera. (I thought it meant what are gunnar and Ingibjörg to do but unless the question mark has been left off it doesn\'t make sense either.) Thanks for your help! [/quote] As far as I know \\\"ertu\\\" means \\\"are you\\\", so if I had to guess I\'d say that phrase would translate as \\\"Are you going to eat fish?\\\"[/quote] Actually \'ertu\' is derived from \'er þú\', similar cases: Farðu - Far þú = Go Komdu - Kom þú = Come Gakktu - Gakk þú = Walk