kennari
Icelandic
Etymology
From kenna (“to teach”) + -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kennari m (genitive singular kennara, nominative plural kennarar)
- a teacher
- Hún er góður kennari.
- She is a good teacher.
- Jónas er undarlegur kennari, en samt skemmtilegur.
- Mister Jónas is a strange teacher, but fun nevertheless.
Usage notes
- Like most occupational terms, kennari, although grammatically masculine, may be used for either sex. The term kennslukona (literally “teaching woman”) may also be used to refer to a female teacher specifically.
Declension
declension of kennari
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kennari | kennarinn | kennarar | kennararnir |
| accusative | kennara | kennarann | kennara | kennarana |
| dative | kennara | kennaranum | kennurum | kennurunum |
| genitive | kennara | kennarans | kennara | kennaranna |