Kvöldið er fallegt.

The evening is beautiful.

Breakdown of Kvöldið er fallegt.

• vera: to be
• kvöldið: the evening
• fallegt: beautiful

Questions & Answers about Kvöldið er fallegt.

Why does Kvöld have the ending -ið here?

The ending -ið is the definite article attached to the noun.

• kvöld = evening (indefinite: “an evening / evening”)
• kvöldið = the evening (definite)

In Icelandic, the word for “the” is usually not a separate word, but is added as an ending:

• bíll = a car → bíllinn = the car
• hús = a house → húsið = the house
• kvöld = evening → kvöldið = the evening

So Kvöldið er fallegt literally means “The evening is beautiful.”

What gender is kvöld, and why is that important here?