Faroese and English/Pending tests
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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
