Blómin í garðinum eru falleg.

to be

Breakdown of Blómin í garðinum eru falleg.

• fallegur: beautiful
• í: in
• garðurinn: the garden

Questions & Answers about Blómin í garðinum eru falleg.

Why does blómin end with -in?

In Icelandic the definite article is attached as a suffix, not a separate word.

• blóm is a neuter noun.
• To form the definite plural of a neuter noun, you add -in.
  So blóm
  • -in = blómin (“the flowers”).

Why is garðinum not just garður or garðinn?

Two things are happening here: case and definiteness.

1. The preposition í (“in”) takes the dative case when you talk about a static location.
2. garður is a masculine noun.
   
   • Dative singular of garður (indefinite) is garði.
   • Add the definite suffix -num to get garðinum (“in the garden”).

When would í take the accusative instead of the dative?

Icelandic prepositions like í can govern two cases:

• Accusative for movement into somewhere.
  Example: Ég fer í garðinn. (“I’m going into the garden.”)
• Dative for static location (where something is).
  Example: Blómin í garðinum eru falleg. (“The flowers in the garden are beautiful.”)

Why is the verb eru used here and not er?