Rafhlaðan virkar núna.

now

Breakdown of Rafhlaðan virkar núna.

• virka: to work
• rafhlaðan: the battery

Questions & Answers about Rafhlaðan virkar núna.

What does the ending -an in "rafhlaðan" mean, and why not "rafhlaða"?

The ending -an is the suffixed definite article for feminine nouns ending in -a. It corresponds to English “the.” The base word is rafhlaða (battery). When you add the article -in to a noun ending in -a, the i drops, giving -an:

• rafhlaða + -in → rafhlaðan = “the battery”
• Without it: rafhlaða = “a battery”

What gender is rafhlaða, and which pronoun should I use for it?

Rafhlaða is feminine. Refer back to it with hún (she/it). Example: Hún virkar núna.

How is virkar formed? What are the present-tense forms of virka?

Virka is a regular weak verb. Present tense:

• ég virka
• þú virkar
• hann/hún/það virkar
• við virkum
• þið virkið
• þeir/þær/þau virka

Past (for reference): ég virkaði, hún virkaði, við virkuðum, etc. Example: Rafhlaðan virkaði (The battery worked).

Can I say “is working now” in Icelandic, like “Rafhlaðan er að virka núna”?