Annmarkinn er alvarlegur.

The defect is serious.

Breakdown of Annmarkinn er alvarlegur.

• vera: to be
• alvarlegur: serious
• annmarkinn: the defect; deficiency

Questions & Answers about Annmarkinn er alvarlegur.

What is annmarkinn made up of?

Annmarkinn breaks down as:

• annmarki = a flaw, defect, drawback, shortcoming
• -inn = the definite article, meaning the

So annmarkinn means the flaw or the defect.

Grammatically, it is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative (the subject form)

Why is the word for the attached to the noun?

In Icelandic, the definite article is very often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• annmarki = a flaw
• annmarkinn = the flaw

This is completely normal Icelandic structure. English uses a separate word, but Icelandic often uses a suffix instead.

What form is er?

Er is the present tense singular form of vera, which means to be.

So here it means is.

In this sentence:

• Annmarkinn = the subject
• er = is
• alvarlegur = serious

So the structure is simply:

The flaw is serious.