Questions & Answers about Ég er tilbúin núna.
Why is it tilbúin and not tilbúinn?
Because adjectives agree with the subject’s gender and number in Icelandic. Ég refers to a female speaker here, so the predicate adjective is feminine singular nominative: tilbúin. A male speaker would say tilbúinn; a neuter singular subject would take tilbúið.
How would different speakers say it?
- Male: Ég er tilbúinn núna.
- Female: Ég er tilbúin núna.
- Neuter (e.g., with the pronoun hán or for neuter nouns): Ég/Hán er tilbúið núna.
- Plural:
- Mixed or all-male group: Við erum tilbúnir núna.
- All-female group: Við erum tilbúnar núna.
- Neuter plural (e.g., children, things): Þau eru tilbúin núna.
What are the main forms of this adjective?
Singular nominative:
- Masculine: tilbúinn
- Feminine: tilbúin
- Neuter: tilbúið
Plural nominative:
- Masculine: tilbúnir
- Feminine: tilbúnar
- Neuter: tilbúin
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