Þetta er vitleysa.

to be

Breakdown of Þetta er vitleysa.

• þetta: this
• vitleysan: the nonsense

Questions & Answers about Þetta er vitleysa.

How do you pronounce Þetta er vitleysa?

A learner-friendly approximation is:

• Þetta → THET-ta or THEH-ta
• er → ehr
• vitleysa → VIT-lay-sa

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• Þ / þ is like th in thing, never like th in this.
• In þetta, the tt is often pronounced with a little breath before it, which is why it can sound a bit like THEH-ta.
• ei in vitleysa sounds like ay in day.
• Icelandic usually stresses the first syllable: ÞET-ta er VIT-ley-sa.

What is þetta here?

Þetta is a demonstrative pronoun. In this sentence, it means this or this thing / this matter.

Grammatically, it is:

• neuter
• singular
• the subject of the sentence

So in Þetta er vitleysa, þetta is the thing being talked about.

Why is it er?