{"id":4268,"date":"2013-10-25T01:15:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T01:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2013-10-25T01:15:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T01:15:50","slug":"the-damage-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/the-damage-is-done\/","title":{"rendered":"The Damage Is Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently encountered an expression that seems like it would be pretty common, but in almost two years of study I hadn’t come across before. It also features a verb I don’t think I had seen before, one of those which only occurs in the third person. The expression is<\/p>\n

ska\u00f0inn er ske\u00f0ur<\/strong> – the damage is done<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ska\u00f0i (m) – damage, loss<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nska\u00f0i<\/td>\nska\u00f0ar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nska\u00f0a<\/td>\nska\u00f0a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nska\u00f0a<\/td>\nsk\u00f6\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nska\u00f0a<\/td>\nska\u00f0a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 ska\u00f0a – to damage, harm<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nska\u00f0a<\/td>\nska\u00f0a\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nska\u00f0ar<\/td>\nska\u00f0a\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nska\u00f0ar<\/td>\nska\u00f0a\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nsk\u00f6\u00f0um<\/td>\nsk\u00f6\u00f0u\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nska\u00f0i\u00f0<\/td>\nsk\u00f6\u00f0u\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nska\u00f0a<\/td>\nsk\u00f6\u00f0u\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I found another instance of it – enginn ska\u00f0i ske\u00f0ur<\/strong> – which I think means no harm done<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, ske\u00f0ur<\/strong> is a past participle form (declined like an adjective) of the verb a\u00f0 ske<\/strong>, which only appears in 3rd person singular\/plural forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 ske – to occur, happen<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nske\u00f0ur<\/td>\nske\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nske<\/td>\nske\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Beyond finding a few examples of ske<\/strong> in action, I can’t say I have much of a grasp on when it is used exactly, as opposed to the other ways to express happen, occur<\/em> – the most familiar might be a\u00f0 gerast<\/strong>:
\nHva\u00f0 gerist eftir…<\/strong> – What happens after…<\/em><\/p>\n

There is also a\u00f0 koma fyrir<\/strong>:
\nOft kemur fyrir a\u00f0…<\/strong> – It often happens that…<\/em><\/p>\n

So an interesting expression with a weird verb \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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