Flutningabíllinn er tilbúinn fyrir flutninginn.

to be

Breakdown of Flutningabíllinn er tilbúinn fyrir flutninginn.

• fyrir: for
• tilbúinn: ready
• flutningurinn: the move

Questions & Answers about Flutningabíllinn er tilbúinn fyrir flutninginn.

Why is Flutningabíllinn written as one long word?

Because Icelandic very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

Here, flutningabíllinn is built like this:

• flutninga- = moving / transport
• bíll = car, truck
• -inn = the

So flutningabíllinn is literally something like the moving-truck.

A useful rule: in Icelandic compounds, the last part is the main noun. That means bíll determines things like gender and most of the inflection pattern.

What does the ending -inn in Flutningabíllinn mean?

It is the suffixed definite article, meaning the.

So:

• flutningabíll = a moving truck
• flutningabíllinn = the moving truck

Unlike English, Icelandic often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

The same thing happens in flutninginn:

• flutningur = a move / transport
• flutninginn = the move

Why is the verb er used here?