Breakdown of Flokkunarleiðbeiningarnar eru skýrar.
Questions & Answers about Flokkunarleiðbeiningarnar eru skýrar.
It is a compound noun:
- flokkunar- = of classification / for classification
- leiðbeiningar = instructions, guidelines
- -nar = the definite article ending here, giving the
So flokkunarleiðbeiningarnar is literally something like the classification guidelines or the sorting instructions.
Icelandic makes compounds very freely, much more than English does, so long words like this are very normal.
Because Icelandic usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.
So:
- leiðbeiningar = guidelines / instructions
- leiðbeiningarnar = the guidelines / the instructions
In this sentence, that ending is attached to the whole compound noun, giving flokkunarleiðbeiningarnar.