Questions & Answers about Svarið þitt er skýrt.
Why does svar take the ending -ið here?
In Icelandic, the definite article is a suffix rather than a separate word. svar (answer) is a neuter noun, and to make it definite (“the answer”) you add -ið, giving svarið. So svarið means “the answer.”
Why does þitt come after the noun instead of before it?
When a noun is in its definite form (here svarið), the possessive pronoun follows the noun. So you get svarið þitt (“your answer”). If the noun were indefinite, you’d place the possessive before: þitt svar.
What case, gender, and number is þitt here?
þitt is the nominative, neuter, singular form of the 2nd-person possessive pronoun. It matches svar in gender (neuter), number (singular), and case (nominative) because er is a copula linking two nominative elements.
Why does the adjective skýrt end in -t?
Adjectives in Icelandic agree with the noun’s gender, number, and case. Since svar is neuter singular nominative, skýrt takes the neuter singular ending -t. If you had a masculine noun, you’d see skýrt → skýr (masculine) or feminine skýr → skýr (same spelling as masculine in nominative).