Eldiviðurinn er hér.

The firewood is here.

Breakdown of Eldiviðurinn er hér.

• vera: to be
• hér: here
• eldiviðurinn: the firewood

Questions & Answers about Eldiviðurinn er hér.

What does Eldiviðurinn break down into?

It is the noun eldiviður, meaning firewood, plus the definite ending -inn, so eldiviðurinn means the firewood.

A useful thing to notice is that Icelandic often puts the onto the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

Why does it end in -urinn instead of just adding a separate word for the?

In Icelandic, the definite article is usually attached to the noun as a suffix.

So instead of:

• the firewood

Icelandic normally says:

• eldiviðurinn

This is very common in Icelandic. English uses a separate article, but Icelandic often builds definiteness directly into the noun.

What case is eldiviðurinn here?

It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.

In Eldiviðurinn er hér, the subject is the firewood, and the verb is is, so nominative is the expected case.

What does er mean?