Gönguhópurinn er mjög skemmtilegur, þó að það sé oft rigning.

The walking group is very fun, even though it often rains.

Breakdown of Gönguhópurinn er mjög skemmtilegur, þó að það sé oft rigning.

• vera: to be
• það: it
• mjög: very
• oft: often

Questions & Answers about Gönguhópurinn er mjög skemmtilegur, þó að það sé oft rigning.

What does Gönguhópurinn literally mean, and why does it end in -inn?

Gönguhópurinn is a compound word plus a definite ending.

• ganga = to walk; as a noun: a walk
• göngu- = a linking form used in compounds
• hópur = group

So gönguhópur = walking group / hiking group.

The ending -inn is the definite article (like English the) attached to masculine nouns:

• hópur = a group
• hópurinn = the group
• gönguhópur = a hiking group
• gönguhópurinn = the hiking group

In Icelandic, the definite article is usually a suffix on the noun, not a separate word like the.

What are the gender and case of Gönguhópurinn, and how does that affect skemmtilegur?

Gönguhópurinn here is:

• Gender: masculine
• Number: singular
• Case: nominative (it is the subject of the sentence)

The adjective skemmtilegur (“fun, enjoyable”) must agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

So we get:

• masculine, singular, nominative: skemmtilegur
• feminine, singular, nominative: