No. 240 in Icelandic

tillögu

"Tillögu" means "proposal" or "suggestion" in English.

In a sentence

Ég hef tillögu að nýju verkefni.
I have a suggestion for a new project.
The word 'tillögu' is in the accusative case, singular form, indicating the object of the verb 'hef', used to show a suggestion or proposal.
Hún samþykkti tillögu stjórnarinnar.
She approved the board's proposal.
Here, 'tillögu' is the object of the action 'samþykkti', showing agreement with a specific proposal, while accompanied by the genitive case of 'stjórnarinnar'.
Við ræddum um tillögu sem myndi breyta starfinu.
We discussed a suggestion that would change the work.
In this sentence, 'tillögu' is the object of the preposition 'um', emphasizing discussion or deliberation regarding the proposal.

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