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<div style="font-size:300%"> Articles in Icelandic</div> | |||
Icelandic does not have an indefinite article (a/an in English), and the definite article (the) is usually added onto the end of the word. | Icelandic does not have an indefinite article (a/an in English), and the definite article (the) is usually added onto the end of the word. | ||
The examples below show three nouns, one for each respective gender, declined in the nominative: | The examples below show three nouns, one for each respective gender, declined in the nominative: | ||
feminine: stúlka - "(a) girl" becomes stúlkan - "the girl" | *masculine: drengur - "(a) boy" becomes drengurinn - "the boy" | ||
*feminine: stúlka - "(a) girl" becomes stúlkan - "the girl" | |||
*neuter: barn - "(a) child" becomes barnið - "the child" | |||
The independent or free-standing definite article (not attached to the noun as a suffix) exists in Icelandic in the form hinn. It is mostly used in poetry and irregularly elsewhere (there are hardly any rules for the latter case; it is mainly a matter of taste). | The independent or free-standing definite article (not attached to the noun as a suffix) exists in Icelandic in the form hinn. It is mostly used in poetry and irregularly elsewhere (there are hardly any rules for the latter case; it is mainly a matter of taste). | ||
==Sources== | |||
Book: Learn to Speak Icelandic: without even trying, Stephen Hernandez'' | |||
Revision as of 10:49, 2 October 2021
Articles in Icelandic
Icelandic does not have an indefinite article (a/an in English), and the definite article (the) is usually added onto the end of the word.
The examples below show three nouns, one for each respective gender, declined in the nominative:
- masculine: drengur - "(a) boy" becomes drengurinn - "the boy"
- feminine: stúlka - "(a) girl" becomes stúlkan - "the girl"
- neuter: barn - "(a) child" becomes barnið - "the child"
The independent or free-standing definite article (not attached to the noun as a suffix) exists in Icelandic in the form hinn. It is mostly used in poetry and irregularly elsewhere (there are hardly any rules for the latter case; it is mainly a matter of taste).
Sources
Book: Learn to Speak Icelandic: without even trying, Stephen Hernandez