Difference between revisions of "Faroese and Icelandic"

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* With nouns denoting family relationships an adnominal accusative form is normally used instead of a genitive or prepositional one
* With nouns denoting family relationships an adnominal accusative form is normally used instead of a genitive or prepositional one


===Subjunctive===

* There is no subjunctive in Faroese, but there is in Icelandic. The standard past tense can be used, or various constructions with modal verbs.


==See also==
==See also==

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Indefinite article

  • Icelandic has no indefinite article, but Faroese does.

Genitive noun phrases

  • With nouns denoting family relationships an adnominal accusative form is normally used instead of a genitive or prepositional one

Subjunctive

  • There is no subjunctive in Faroese, but there is in Icelandic. The standard past tense can be used, or various constructions with modal verbs.

See also