Morgunn er góður.

to be

Breakdown of Morgunn er góður.

• góður: good
• morgunn: the morning

Questions & Answers about Morgunn er góður.

Why is there no separate word for “the” or “a” in Morgunn er góður?

Icelandic handles articles differently from English.

• There is no separate word for “a/an” in Icelandic. So you simply say morgunn for “a morning” or “morning” in a general sense.
• The word for “the” is normally attached to the end of the noun as a suffix.

For example:

• morgunn = (a) morning / morning (indefinite, general)
• morguninn = the morning (definite, specific)

So:

• Morgunn er góður.
  → literally: Morning is good (or A morning is good / It is a good morning, depending on context)

If you specifically wanted “The morning is good.”, you would usually say:

• Morguninn er góður.

Why does it say morgunn with two n’s and not morgun?

The noun’s basic form in the dictionary is morgunn (with -nn), but it changes in different cases. In your sentence, morgunn is in the nominative singular (subject form), which happens to end in -nn.

Common forms:

• Nominative sg. (subject):
  morgunn – used when it’s the subject of the sentence
  e.g. Morgunn er góður. – The morning is good.