Feiti kötturinn sefur.

The fat cat sleeps.

Breakdown of Feiti kötturinn sefur.

• kötturinn: the cat
• sofa: to sleep
• feitur: fat

Questions & Answers about Feiti kötturinn sefur.

Why is it feiti and not the dictionary form feitur?

Because feiti is the weak masculine nominative singular form of the adjective feitur (fat).

In Icelandic, adjectives change form to match the noun they describe. They agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case
• and often definiteness

Here, kötturinn means the cat, so the noun is definite. With a definite noun, Icelandic normally uses the weak form of the adjective:

• feitur köttur = a fat cat
• feiti kötturinn = the fat cat

So feiti is used because the noun is masculine, singular, nominative, and definite.

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