Breakdown of Skattframtalið fyrir tekjuárið er opið.
vera
to be
opinn
open
fyrir
for
skattframtalið
the tax return
Questions & Answers about Skattframtalið fyrir tekjuárið er opið.
Why do skattframtalið and tekjuárið both end in -ið?
Because Icelandic usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
- skattframtal = tax return
skattframtalið = the tax return
- tekjuár = income year / tax year
- tekjuárið = the income year / the tax year
So the ending -ið here is the neuter singular definite article.
What case are the nouns in this sentence?
They are in different cases:
- Skattframtalið is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative.
- tekjuárið comes after the preposition fyrir, which here takes the accusative.
A useful thing to know is that for many neuter nouns, the nominative and accusative singular look the same. So even though tekjuárið is accusative here, it has the same form as nominative tekjuárið.
Why is it opið and not opinn or opin?