Hún opnar munninn og hlær hátt.

she

Breakdown of Hún opnar munninn og hlær hátt.

• og: and
• opna: to open
• munninn: the mouth

Questions & Answers about Hún opnar munninn og hlær hátt.

Why is it Hún and not some other pronoun?

Hún is the 3rd‑person singular feminine pronoun, meaning she.
Icelandic has grammatical gender, so:

• hann = he (masculine)
• hún = she (feminine)
• það = it (neuter)

The subject of the sentence is a female person, so hún is used and it stands in the nominative case as the subject of opnar and hlær.

What is the infinitive of opnar, and why does it end in -ar?

The infinitive is að opna = to open.

Opnar is the 3rd person singular present tense form:

• ég opna – I open
• þú opnar – you open
• hann/hún/það opnar – he/she/it opens
• við opnum – we open
• þið opnið – you (pl.) open
• þeir/þær/þau opna – they open

Many regular Icelandic verbs in -a form the 3rd person singular present with -ar (opna → opnar, tala → talar, spila → spilar, etc.).

Why does munninn have -inn at the end? Why not just munn?