{"id":2659,"date":"2013-06-03T04:10:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T04:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2013-06-03T04:10:52","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T04:10:52","slug":"cause-and-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/cause-and-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause And Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irregular verbs are always fun to deal with, especially the ones with forms so different from the infinitive that you don’t even recognize them. One that I would come across from time to time was a\u00f0 valda<\/strong>, but I never really spent much time on it until now. It it a common enough verb, so spend a few minutes getting to know it – it looks very strange in the past tense \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 valda – to cause, be the cause of<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nveld<\/td>\nolli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nveldur<\/td>\nollir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nveldur<\/td>\nolli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nv\u00f6ldum<\/td>\nollum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nvaldi\u00f0<\/td>\nollu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nvalda<\/td>\nollu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

One thing to note is that valda<\/strong> takes the dative case, i.e. the thing being caused is in the dative:<\/p>\n

Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftinn olli miklum usla.<\/strong>
\nThe earthquake caused great damage.<\/p>\n

Reykingar valda krabbameini.<\/strong>
\nSmoking causes cancer.<\/p>\n

Mannleg mist\u00f6k ollu slysinu.<\/strong>
\nHuman errors caused the accident.<\/p>\n

When you want to say that something caused something else to happen, you can use the expression a\u00f0 valda \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0<\/strong> – \u00fev\u00ed<\/strong> being the dative form of \u00fea\u00f0<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Hva\u00f0 olli \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann reiddist?<\/strong>
\nWhat made him get mad?<\/p>\n

Snj\u00f3koma veldur \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk dvelur heima.<\/strong>
\nSnowfall makes people stay home.<\/p>\n

The noun for cause<\/em> is ors\u00f6k<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ors\u00f6k (f) – cause<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nors\u00f6k<\/td>\norsakir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nors\u00f6k<\/p>\norsakir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nors\u00f6k<\/td>\nors\u00f6kum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\norsakar<\/td>\norsaka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

\u00deetta er ekki ors\u00f6kin vandam\u00e1ls hans.<\/strong>
\nThat is not the cause of his problems.<\/p>\n

And the title of this post: ors\u00f6k og aflei\u00f0ing<\/strong> – cause and effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
aflei\u00f0ing (f) – result, consequence<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\naflei\u00f0ing<\/td>\naflei\u00f0ingar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\naflei\u00f0ingu<\/p>\naflei\u00f0ingar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\naflei\u00f0ingu<\/td>\naflei\u00f0ingum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\naflei\u00f0ingar<\/td>\naflei\u00f0inga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Hope this helps with the sneaky verb a\u00f0 valda<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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