Questions & Answers about Ég er ánægður með framfarir þínar.
Why does ánægður end in -ur here? What is this form?
Ánægður is an adjective meaning pleased / happy / satisfied. In Icelandic, adjectives have to agree with the gender, number and case of the noun (or pronoun) they describe.
- The pronoun ég (I) itself has no gender form, but the speaker has a gender.
- If the speaker is grammatically masculine, the adjective takes masculine singular nominative → ánægður.
- So the full idea is: Ég (maður) er ánægður = I (a man) am pleased.
So -ur here is just the masculine singular nominative ending of the adjective.
How would the sentence change if the speaker is a woman (or talking about a woman)?
The adjective changes, everything else stays the same:
- Masculine speaker:
Ég er ánægður með framfarir þínar. - Feminine speaker:
Ég er ánægð með framfarir þínar.
If you are talking about someone else:
- Hann er ánægður með framfarir þínar. – He is pleased with your progress.
- Hún er ánægð með framfarir þínar. – She is pleased with your progress.
In all of these, ánægður / ánægð agrees with the person who is pleased, not with progress.
What does með do here? Why and not some other preposition?