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Collective Nouns Exercises For Icelandic Grammar

Grammar exercises enhancing language comprehension skillsĀ 

Collective nouns play a significant role in Icelandic grammar. They refer to a group or collection of things taken as a whole. In Icelandic, like in English, these collective nouns can be either countable or uncountable, and they can change their forms in plural and genitive cases. The use of correct collective nouns makes the speech or text sound more natural and professional to native Icelandic speakers. It is, therefore, crucial for Icelandic language learning students to master collective nouns.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns in Icelandic

1. Hann Ɣtti *hundasveit* sem hjƔlpaưi honum. (team)
2. HĆ©r er *sveit* sem hefjur Ć¾jĆ”lfun sĆ­na Ć” morgun. (group)
3. ƞaĆ° eru margir *fuglar* Ć­ skĆ³ginum. (birds)
4. Hver er liturinn Ć” *blĆ³minu* sem Ć¾Ćŗ gafst mĆ©r? (flower)
5. HvaĆ°a *bĆ³kasafn* er hƦgt aĆ° finna bĆ³kina Ć­? (library)
6. HĆŗn hefur *skĆ³* af klĆ³settum Ć­ Ć­bĆŗĆ° sinni. (collection)
7. HĆ©r er *Ć¾orp* af fĆ³lki sem eru til Ć­ aĆ° vinna hart. (group)
8. Mamma kom heim meư *kƶrfu* af eplum. (basket)
9. Hann smĆ­Ć°aĆ°i *hĆŗs* fyrir hundinn. (house)
10. Hvernig Ć” aĆ° gera *sĆŗpu*? (soup)
11. ViĆ° Ʀtlum aĆ° opna nĆ½tt *veitingahĆŗs* hĆ©r Ć­ bƦnum. (restaurant)
12. Ɓ hverju Ɣri er *hƔtiư* ƭ bƦnum okkar. (festival)
13. Kannski sĆ© Ć©g bara *dĆ­la* af Ć¾vĆ­ sem var. (deal)
14. HĆŗn mƦtti meĆ° *hrĆŗgu* af verkfƦrum. (pile)
15. ƞaĆ° sĆ©st varla *sĆ³l* Ć­ Ć¾etta sinn Ć”rs. (sun)

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns in Icelandic

1. Ɖg hef aldrei sĆ©Ć° svona stĆ³r *trĆ©*. (tree)
2. HvaĆ°a *bĆ­Ć³* erum viĆ° aĆ° fara aĆ° horfa Ć”? (movie)
3. Hvernig er ferưaƔƦtlunin fyrir *ferưina*? (trip)
4. HĆŗn kom meĆ° *kƶrfu* af blĆ³mum. (basket)
5. Ɖg er aĆ° leita aĆ° *fjƶlda* af upplĆ½singum. (amount)
6. Hvor Ć”tt er *sjĆ³rinn*? (sea)
7. ƞaĆ° er *hljĆ³mborĆ°* Ć­ herberginu mitt. (keyboard)
8. ƞessi *bygging* er mjƶg gƶmul. (building)
9. ViĆ° erum Ć­ *skĆ³ginum*. (forest)
10. Hvernig mĆ” Ć©g tengja mig viĆ° *netiĆ°*? (network)
11. Gott aư hafa alltaf *vatn* hjƔ sƩr. (water)
12. HĆ©r er *bĆ³kasafn* sem Ć©g mƦli meĆ°. (library)
13. HvaĆ° er Ć” dagskrĆ” fyrir *helgina*? (weekend)
14. HvaĆ° eru mƶrg *klukkustund* Ćŗr? (hours)
15. ƞurfti aĆ° bĆŗa til nĆ½tt *reikningsnĆŗmer* fyrir Ć¾etta. (account)

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