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Lesson Twelve. 1. Genitive of adjectives and pronouns. In singular, the genitive endings of adjectives and pronouns are similar to those of the strong substantive declension. In plural genitive the common ending -ra is used in all three genders.
Adjectives in -el,-en as well as participles in -en have the plural genitive ending -a due to an assimilation of -r- with the preceding -l- or -n-:
Be advised that forms like litela, voksena should NOT be shortened into litla, voksna, which serve for other combinations of gender and case. Genitive of personal pronouns:
As you can see, the genitive of personal pronouns was a base for possessive pronouns in the 1st and 2nd person. Genitive of possessive pronouns: min 'my' – sg. mins/pl. minna (din and sin likewise) vor 'our' – sg. vors/ pl. vorra (dor likewise) Exercise 12.1.
2. Preterite-present verbs This group consists of the following verbs:
The other verbs in this group conjugate in a similar way: eg kann, vi kunnu eg kundi, vi kundu eg vil, vi vilja eg vildi, vi vildu eg må, vi må eg måtti, vi måttu Examples: Eg skal koma. Vi måttu gera ita. Hann vildi sova. Eg myndi ringa til din jift eg visti dit nummer. I must come. We might do this. He wanted to sleep. I would call you if I knew your number. Ega 'to own' is a weak verb, which in many respects resembles preterite-present verbs and is often used in a modal context having the meaning 'have to, ought to': eg egi, du/hann eger, vi ega eg åtti, vi åttu Ega requires the infinitive particle at, unlike the above-mentioned verbs: II have to be at home at 7 o' clock. Eg egi at vera hema klokkan 7. The English verb ought (to) is in fact the same word as åtti/åttu in Nynorn, or its counterparts in other Scandinavian languages. Exercise 12.2. I want to sleep. You (sg.) must leave. She knows it.
They will be here. We can speak Faroese. He could become a fisherman. I
would call you (sg.). May I come? They (M) must be sitting here. We
wanted to buy fish. I knew that she didn't know it.
3. Ordinal numerals 2. annar 'second; other' 3. tridi 'third' 4. fjurdi 'fourth' etc. 5. femti 6. setti 7. sjøendi 8. åttendi 9. niendi 10. tiendi 11. ellivti 12. tolvti 13. trettendi etc. 20. tuttugasti All of the above numerals decline as weak adjectives except annar b) annar:
Exercise 11.3. 1stday, 2nd dog, 7th girl, 5th child, 13th boat, 2nd eye, 3d ear
Reading Minir foreldrar hava en vin eð heder Magnus Hendriksson. Hann er seksti og fyre åra gamel og bur i Lervik. Dað fyrsta eð hann gerer då hann vaknar å mornana er at drekka te. Hann plagar at drekka två kappa, sjåldnast teger hann dann trida. Darefter leser hann spørinsblað og genger tur ned i miðbøen. Hann syngur i kori adrahvara viku. Um sommerið dveler Magnus trår til fimm viker i Hvalsø hvor hann er fødd. I år dann trettanda september fyller kona hans sonar, eð bur i Aberdeen, tretti og femm år. Hann vil darfyri vitsja de i Aberdeen. Dað varger enar vogu ferdalek. Son Magnusar heder Erik og kona Eriks heder Marit. Magnus kenner foreldra Maritar og de eru guder viner. Magnus keder sog at vera hema ensamel uten sins sonar, verdøtrar og tvegga bånnabånna – hann vildi jarni sjå de oftar. Darfyri hever hann kjobt sjer hund. Hund Magnusar heder Garm. Magnus vildi fara veð hundenon til Aberdeen, men ita kundi vera alt for hårt fyri hunden, så Magnus skal sannlikast efterlada hunden hjå enon sinna granna [hjå enon av sinon grannon].eð conj. – who, which år nn. s. – year gamel adj. (pl. gambler, gamblar, gamel) – old ens, tuttu og ens, tretti og ens års gamal etc. – 1,21,31 year's old etc (år requires gen.sg. when the number of years ends at 1, except 11) tvegga, trigga, fyre, fimm, ellivu, tuttu og nie åra gamel – 2,3,4,5,11,29 years old (år requires gen.pl.) te nn. s. – tea plaga (at) vw2. – usually does something kapp nm. s1. – cup sjålden adv. – seldom sjåldnast adv. – superl. of sjålden, also means 'extremely seldom' darefter adv. – thereafter, after that lesa vs. – to read dann acc. pron.dem. – that (preferably used when an ordinal numeral stands alone) spørinsblað nn. s. – newspaper gånga, pres. genger vs. – to go, walk tur nm. s1. – tour, walk genger tur – goes for a walk miðbø nm.s1. – center of the town ned i miðbøen – downtown (direction) synga vs. – to sing kor nn. s. - choir annehvar, fem.sg.acc. adrahvara – every second dvelja, past dvaldi vw.1 – to dwell fø vw1. – to give birth fødd – past part. of fø, born fylla vw1. – to have a birthday; to get filled kona nf. w – wife darfyri adv. – therefore, for that reason varga vs. – become, will be ferdalek nm. s1. – journey enar vogu [tvegga vogna] ferdalek – one week's [two weeks] journey foreldrar nm. s1. pl. – parents keda vw1. – to make smb bored keda sog – to be bored hema adv. – at home ensamel adj. (pl. ensambler, ensamblar, ensamel) – alone verdøtter, gen. verdøtrar – son's wife bånnabånn nn.s. – grandchild jarni adv. – eagerly oft adv., comp. oftar – often etta – this, neuter sg. nom./acc. of essi hård adj., neu./adv. hart – hard, difficult sannlik adj., superl. sannlikast – probable efterlada vs. – to leave behind granni nm. – neighbour en sinna [en av sinon] – one of somebody's + pl. Discuss this lesson on the forum
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