Faroese and English/Pending tests

Noun phrases

adding a determiner

• (fo) í dag fáa vit svar → today we get a reply
• (fo) Orðini → The word
• (fo) Hundurin → The dog
• (fo) Stóri hundurin → The big dog

Adnominal accusative with family relationships (also, adding a determiner)

• (fo) Mamma gentuna → The girl's mum
• (fo) Mamma meg → My mum
• (fo) Pápi drongurin → The boy's dad
• (fo) Beiggi Jógvan → Jógvan's brother

Hjá-possessive + dative

• (fo) Her eru húsini hjá einum ríkum manni. → Here is the house of a rich man.
• (fo) Bilurin hjá mær → My car
• (fo) Bilurin hjá henni → Her car
• (fo) Húsini hjá mær → My house
• (fo) Húsið hjá mær → My house
• (fo) Hon tók hattin hjá henni → She took her hat
• (fo) Hetta er bilurin hjá henni → That is her car

Other possessive prepositions + dative

• (fo) Eyguni í honum → His eyes
• (fo) Takið á húsinum → The roof of the house
• (fo) Abbi at dreinginum → The grandfather of the boy
  • Note: at+dative even though a family term

Pronominal possessive

• (fo) Dóttir mín → My daughter
• (fo) Mína bók → My book
• (fo) Mítt blað → My newspaper
• (fo) Tykkara bók → Our book
• (fo) Tykkara blað → Our newspaper
• (fo) Bók hansara → Her book
• (fo) Hansara bók → Her book
• (fo) Hennara bilur → Her car