Questions & Answers about Skólinn er rólegur.
Icelandic doesn’t use a standalone definite article. Instead, it adds a suffix to the noun.
• skóli = “school” (indefinite)
• skólinn = skóli + -inn (definite masc. nom. sg.) = “the school”
Adjectives in predicate position take the strong declension and must agree in gender, number, and case with the subject.
• skólinn is masculine singular nominative, so the matching strong form is rólegur.
• A neuter noun would use rólegt, a feminine would use róleg.
No—those endings don’t match skólinn’s gender:
• rólegt is neuter
• róleg is feminine
Always choose the adjective form that agrees: rólegur for masc. sing.
Approximate English pronunciation:
• Skólinn = “SKOH-lin” (long “ó” like English “oh”)• = “ehr” (short, like the “ir” in “sir”)• = “ROH-leh-gur” (stress on the first syllable)IPA: /ˈskouː.lɪn ˈɛr ˈrou.lɛ.ɣʏr/