Dóttirin er eins forvitin og sonurinn.

to be

Breakdown of Dóttirin er eins forvitin og sonurinn.

• forvitinn: curious
• sonurinn: the son
• dóttirin: the daughter

Questions & Answers about Dóttirin er eins forvitin og sonurinn.

Why do we say dóttirin and sonurinn instead of just dóttir and sonur?

Icelandic usually shows “the” by adding a suffix to the noun instead of using a separate word.

• dóttir = daughter

• dóttirin = the daughter (dóttir

  • -in, the feminine definite ending)

• sonur = son
• sonurinn = the son (sonur
  • -inn, the masculine definite ending)

In your sentence we’re talking about specific children (not just any daughter or son), so Icelandic uses the definite form: dóttirin, sonurinn.

What does eins … og mean, and how is it different from English?

eins … og is the normal way to say “as … as” in Icelandic when you compare degrees of an adjective.

Pattern:

• X er eins ADJECTIVE og Y
  = X is as ADJECTIVE as Y.

In your sentence:

• Dóttirin er eins forvitin og sonurinn.
  = The daughter is as curious as the son.

So:

• eins ≈ equally / to the same degree
• og ≈ as (in this comparison construction)