Icelandic/Basic Vocabulary

Personal pronouns Personal pronouns in Icelandic decline, just as they do in English: Icelandic English (að) vera(ég) er(þú) ert(hann/hún/það) er(við) erum(þið) eruð(þeir/þær/þau) eru (to) be(I) am(you) are(he/she/it) is(we) are(you) are(they) are Examples Icelandic English Ég er maður. I am a man. Þú ert strákur. You are a boy. Article Since Icelandic doesn't have an indefinite article, a man will simply be maður in Icelandic. However it does have an attached definite article, so the man will become maðurinn in Icelandic. English w.o. article Icelandic w.o. article English w. article Icelandic w. article feminine a woman kona the woman. kona-n masculine a man maður the man maður-inn neuter a child barn the child barn-ið the child is small = barnið er lítið this is a small child = þetta er lítið barn the man is young = maðurinn er ungur the woman is young = konan er ung Notice that in the above sample when saying that the man is young one uses ungur, but when referring to a woman one uses ung. This is because adjectives change according to the gender of the word it describes. E.g.: Maðurinn (masculine) er ung-ur. Konan (feminine) er ung-. Barnið (neutral) er ung-t. Adjectives English Masculine Feminine Neuter beautiful falleg-ur falleg- falleg-t good góð-ur góð gott young ung-ur ung- ung-t old gamal-l gömul gamal-t pretty sæt-ur sæt- sæt-t