Participles Exercises For Icelandic Grammar

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Participles in Icelandic grammar correspond to the English verbs ending in “-ing” or “-ed”, showing an ongoing action or a completed action. It’s a description of verb that can be used in various ways, for example, acting as an adjective. Icelandic participles, known as lรฝsingarhรกttur nรบtรญรฐar (present participle effectively means describing the now) and lรฝsingarhรกttur รพรกtรญรฐar (past participle effectively means describing the then), form an essential part of the language’s rich conjugation system.

Icelandic Grammar Exercise 1: Present Participles

1. Hann er gamall maรฐur en *leikandi* (playing) ungur รญ anda.
2. ร‰g *sรฉ* (see) รพig standandi รพar.
3. Hรบn kom *bylgjandi* (waving) รญ mรณti mรฉr.
4. Viรฐ erum *borรฐandi* (eating) kvรถldmat.
5. รžeir voru *hlรฆjandi* (laughing) alltaf.
6. รžรบ ert *skoรฐandi* (watching) myndir.
7. ร‰g er *lesandi* (reading) bรณk.
8. Hun er *lyftandi* (lifting) รพyngdar.
9. Viรฐ vorum *stรถรฐvandi* (stopping) รพar.
10. รžeir eru *kastandi* (throwing) boltann.
11. Hรบn er *hlรถkkandi* (looking forward) aรฐ nรกnum.
12. รžรบ ert *skrรญfandi* (writing) brรฉf.
13. ร‰g er *skoรฐandi* (examining) skyrsluna.
14. Hann er *myndandi* (forming) mynstur.
15. รžau eru *syngjandi* (singing) lag.

Icelandic Grammar Exercise 2: Past Participles

1. Hรบs รพaรฐ er *byggt* (built) fyrir lรถngu.
2. Bรณkin er *lesiรฐ* (read) af mรถrgum.
3. Maรฐurinn er *dรกinn* (dead) รญ hrรบgu.
4. รžetta er *gert* (done) af mรฉr.
5. ร‰g hef *skrifaรฐ* (written) brev.
6. Netiรฐ er *opnaรฐ* (opened) af รพรฉr.
7. Hesturinn var *rekiรฐ* (driven) รญ haganum.
8. Hรบsiรฐ var *mรฅlaรฐ* (painted) รญ blรกtt.
9. Risinn var *drapinn* (killed) af hnetu.
10. Grรณรฐurinn hefur *sprungiรฐ* (burst) รบt.
11. Maturinn er *eldad* (cooked) af mรถmmu.
12. รžetta er *sagt* (told) af honum.
13. Hรบsiรฐ er *selt* (sold) til nรฝju eigandans.
14. Harpan er *leikiรฐ* (played) af henni.
15. Hรฆlarnir voru *skornir* (cut) af fรถรฐurnum.

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