Collective Nouns Exercises For Icelandic Grammar

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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 รกtti *hundasveit* sem hjรกlpaรฐi honum. (team)
2. Hรฉr er *sveit* sem hefjur รพjรกlfun sรญna รก morgun. (group)
3. รžaรฐ eru margir *fuglar* รญ skรณginum. (birds)
4. Hver er liturinn รก *blรณminu* sem รพรบ gafst mรฉr? (flower)
5. Hvaรฐa *bรณkasafn* er hรฆgt aรฐ finna bรณkina รญ? (library)
6. Hรบn hefur *skรณ* af klรณsettum รญ รญbรบรฐ sinni. (collection)
7. Hรฉr er *รพorp* af fรณlki sem eru til รญ aรฐ vinna hart. (group)
8. Mamma kom heim meรฐ *kรถrfu* af eplum. (basket)
9. Hann smรญรฐaรฐi *hรบs* fyrir hundinn. (house)
10. Hvernig รก aรฐ gera *sรบpu*? (soup)
11. Viรฐ รฆtlum aรฐ opna nรฝtt *veitingahรบs* hรฉr รญ bรฆnum. (restaurant)
12. ร hverju รกri er *hรกtiรฐ* รญ bรฆnum okkar. (festival)
13. Kannski sรฉ รฉg bara *dรญla* af รพvรญ sem var. (deal)
14. Hรบn mรฆtti meรฐ *hrรบgu* af verkfรฆrum. (pile)
15. รžaรฐ sรฉst varla *sรณl* รญ รพetta sinn รกrs. (sun)

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

1. ร‰g hef aldrei sรฉรฐ svona stรณr *trรฉ*. (tree)
2. Hvaรฐa *bรญรณ* erum viรฐ aรฐ fara aรฐ horfa รก? (movie)
3. Hvernig er ferรฐaรกรฆtlunin fyrir *ferรฐina*? (trip)
4. Hรบn kom meรฐ *kรถrfu* af blรณmum. (basket)
5. ร‰g er aรฐ leita aรฐ *fjรถlda* af upplรฝsingum. (amount)
6. Hvor รกtt er *sjรณrinn*? (sea)
7. รžaรฐ er *hljรณmborรฐ* รญ herberginu mitt. (keyboard)
8. รžessi *bygging* er mjรถg gรถmul. (building)
9. Viรฐ erum รญ *skรณginum*. (forest)
10. Hvernig mรก รฉg tengja mig viรฐ *netiรฐ*? (network)
11. Gott aรฐ hafa alltaf *vatn* hjรก sรฉr. (water)
12. Hรฉr er *bรณkasafn* sem รฉg mรฆli meรฐ. (library)
13. Hvaรฐ er รก dagskrรก fyrir *helgina*? (weekend)
14. Hvaรฐ eru mรถrg *klukkustund* รบr? (hours)
15. รžurfti aรฐ bรบa til nรฝtt *reikningsnรบmer* fyrir รพetta. (account)

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