sinn hver
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
- for each [subject] to have its own [object] separately, used when the number of [subjects] is 3 or more
- Við þrjú þessi elstu vorum fædd sitt á hverju árinu. ― The three oldest of us were each born on a separate (consecutive) year.
Usage notes[edit]
Sinn inflects with the subject, hver with the object.
Derived terms[edit]
- sitt hvað (“various things”)
- sitt lítið af hverju (“a bit from each category”)
- sitt sýnist hverjum (“opinion is divided”)
See also[edit]
- sinn hvor (pronoun used for two items)
- sitt á hvað (“alternating between”)