Faroese and Icelandic

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Transfer

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

• /Regression tests