Síminn hennar er bilaður.

to be

Breakdown of Síminn hennar er bilaður.

• bilaður: broken
• síminn: the phone
• hennar: her

Questions & Answers about Síminn hennar er bilaður.

What do the individual words mean and what are their grammatical roles?

• Síminn = “the phone”; noun, masculine, nominative singular, definite (base form sími
  • definite ending -inn).
• hennar = “her”; independent possessive pronoun in the genitive; placed after the noun.
• er = “is”; 3rd person singular present of vera “to be”.
• bilaður = “broken/out of order”; adjective used for machines, serving as a predicative complement agreeing with the subject.

Why is the possessive after the noun (síminn hennar) instead of before it?

That’s the neutral Icelandic pattern for possession: noun + definite article + possessor after it (e.g., bíllinn hans, tölvan okkar, síminn hennar). English doesn’t do this, but in Icelandic it’s the default.

Can I say Hennar sími er bilaður?

Yes. Preposing the possessive is grammatical and tends to add emphasis or contrast (HER phone, not someone else’s). When preposed, you normally don’t use the definite ending on the noun: hennar sími. The everyday, most neutral version is still síminn hennar.

Can I drop the definite article and say Sími hennar er bilaður?

It’s possible and appears in careful or written styles, but in everyday speech is more idiomatic. Without the article, it can feel a bit more generic or non-unique (“a phone of hers”) depending on context.