Ég á nýja skó og nýja sokka.

I have new shoes and new socks.

Breakdown of Ég á nýja skó og nýja sokka.

• ég: I
• eiga: to have
• nýr: new
• og: and

Questions & Answers about Ég á nýja skó og nýja sokka.

What is the verb á here, and is it the same as the preposition á (“on/at”)?

In this sentence, á is the verb from að eiga = “to have / to own.”

• Ég á = “I have.”
• It is not the preposition á (“on, at, in”), even though they look the same in writing.
• You can tell it is a verb because it comes right after the subject Ég and is followed by objects (nýja skó og nýja sokka).

So here Ég á means “I have.”

Why are the adjectives nýja and not nýr, nýir, or something else?