Questions & Answers about Peysan er mjúk.
The base (dictionary) form is peysa (a sweater, cardigan, hoodie, etc.).
Icelandic doesn’t use a separate word for “the” like English. Instead, it usually attaches a definite article ending to the noun:
- peysa = a sweater
- peysan = the sweater
For many feminine nouns ending in -a, the definite singular nominative is formed by changing -a → -an:
- stúlka → stúlkan (girl → the girl)
- bók → bókin (book → the book; different pattern)
- peysa → peysan (sweater → the sweater)
So peysan is simply “the sweater” in the nominative singular.
In Peysan er mjúk., peysan is:
- the subject of the sentence
- in the nominative case (the default subject case)
The structure is:
- Peysan (subject, nominative)
- er (verb “is”)
- mjúk (predicate adjective, describing the subject)