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In Icelandic orthography, the n-rules are rules for determining when one letter ''n'' or two consecutive ''n''s should be written, a difference that sometimes affects the pronunciation. ==Compound words== If an element of a compound word that is not the final element ends with one or two ''n''s, the number of ''n''s is the same as in the original word from which that element is derived, of which it is a possibly modified and usually shortened form. For example: :''Spergilkál er ekki banvænt.'' (''ban''+''vænt'', where ''ban'' stems from the word ''bani'') :''Er svertingi bannorð?'' (''bann''+''orð'', where ''bann'' stems from the word ''banna'') :''Þessi mynd er kynngimögnuð!'' (''kynngi''+''mögnuð'', where ''kynngi'' stems from the word ''kunnugur''; in this case ''u'' gets changed to ''y'') :''Skálinn okkar er kyngifenntur.'' (''kyngi''+''fenntur'', where ''kyngi'' stems from the word ''kyngja'') It can be hard to find related words to determine whether one or two ''n''s should be written. One way is to search for possible origin words with two ''n''s in their stem. If no such words are to be found, the use of one ''n'' is plausible. The example with ''kynngi'', with a changed vowel, shows this is not a straightforward matter. For example: :''Elísu vantar krans''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「N-rule (Icelandic language)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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