Hún ber ekki sökina.

• Hún = she. It is a third-person singular feminine nominative pronoun, so it is the subject of the sentence.
• ber = bears / carries. This is the present tense form of the verb bera.
• ekki = not. It negates the verb.
• sökina = the blame / the fault / the guilt. This is the noun sök in the accusative singular definite form.

So structurally, the sentence is literally something like She bears not the blame.

Bera is the infinitive, meaning to bear / to carry. In this sentence, you need the present tense form that agrees with hún.

The present-tense singular forms are based on the verb’s conjugation, and bera is irregular:

• ég ber = I bear
• þú berð = you bear
• hún/hann/það ber = she/he/it bears

So with hún, the correct form is ber.

Because the sentence uses the definite form: the blame rather than just blame in a more general sense.

In Icelandic, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like English the.

• sök = blame, fault
• sökin = the blame / the fault

But in this sentence, the noun is the direct object of bera, so it appears in the accusative singular:

• nominative definite: sökin
• accusative definite: sökina

That is why you see sökina.

Because bera here takes a direct object, and direct objects in Icelandic are often in the accusative.

In Hún ber ekki sökina:

• Hún is the subject, so it is nominative.
• sökina is the thing being borne, so it is the direct object and appears in the accusative.

This is a very common pattern in Icelandic grammar.

In a normal main clause, Icelandic usually places the finite verb in the second position, and ekki commonly comes after that finite verb.

So:

• Hún ber ekki sökina.

This word order is normal and natural.

A learner may expect something closer to English She does not bear..., but Icelandic does not need do for negation. It simply uses ekki after the finite verb.

It is both understandable literally and also a very natural idiomatic expression.

Literally, bera means carry or bear, so bera sökina is bear the blame.

Idiomatic English often prefers:

• She is not to blame
• She is not at fault

So although the Icelandic is built with the verb bear, it functions as a standard way to talk about responsibility or blame.

Yes, that is possible, but it is not exactly the same structure.

• Hún ber ekki sökina = She does not bear the blame / She is not the one responsible
• Hún er ekki sek = She is not guilty

The second sentence uses the adjective sekur/sek (guilty) and feels a bit different in tone. It can sound more like a statement about guilt or innocence, while bera sökina focuses more directly on blame/responsibility.

So both are possible, but they are not perfectly interchangeable in every context.

The dictionary form is sök.

That is the indefinite nominative singular form, which is the form you usually look up in a dictionary.

Useful related forms are:

• sök = blame, fault
• sökin = the blame
• sökina = the blame (accusative)
• sakir = reasons / causes in some expressions, though this is a different form and usage

For this sentence, the important thing is that sökina comes from sök.

Not always. Hún is the feminine singular pronoun, so it can refer to:

• a woman or girl
• a noun with grammatical feminine gender

That means Icelandic pronouns can refer to grammatical gender, not only biological sex.

In this sentence, if the meaning shown to the learner is about a woman, then hún means she in the ordinary personal sense. But grammatically, the word itself is simply the feminine singular subject pronoun.

The past tense of bera is irregular. With hún, you would say:

• Hún bar ekki sökina. = She did not bear the blame / She was not to blame

Here:

• bar is the past tense singular of bera
• ekki stays in the same position
• sökina stays accusative definite

This is a useful pattern to remember because bera is a common strong verb.

Yes. Hún ber enga sök is also possible and means roughly She bears no blame.

The difference is:

• Hún ber ekki sökina = She does not bear the blame
• Hún ber enga sök = She bears no blame

In the second version:

• enga means no / not any for a feminine accusative singular noun
• sök is indefinite rather than definite

Both are grammatical, but the wording and emphasis are slightly different.

Yes. Using bera with something like ábyrgð, sök, or similar nouns is a common way to talk about responsibility, blame, or burden.

For example:

• bera ábyrgð = bear responsibility
• bera sök = bear blame

So Hún ber ekki sökina fits a broader and very useful Icelandic pattern: bera + noun to express carrying, bearing, or being responsible for something.