Tónlistin veitir ánægju.

The music provides pleasure.

Breakdown of Tónlistin veitir ánægju.

• tónlist: the music
• veita: to provide; grant
• ánægjan: the pleasure; satisfaction

Questions & Answers about Tónlistin veitir ánægju.

Why does tónlistin end in -in?

Because Icelandic usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun.

• tónlist = music
• tónlistin = the music

So the -in here is basically doing the job of English the.

Does Icelandic have a separate word for the like English does?

Usually, no. In ordinary sentences like this one, the definite article is attached to the noun as a suffix.

So instead of:

• English: the music

you get:

• Icelandic: tónlistin

There are separate article forms such as hinn / hin / hið, but those are not the normal everyday equivalent of English the in simple noun phrases like this.

What form is veitir?

Veitir is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb veita.

That means it matches a singular subject like tónlistin.

So:

• veita = to give, grant, provide
• veitir = gives / provides

In this sentence, it means gives or provides.