Questions & Answers about Skálin er full af eplum.
Why is it skálin and not skál?
Skál means (a) bowl. Skálin means the bowl. Icelandic usually marks the by attaching a definite ending to the noun:
- skál (indefinite) → skálin (definite, feminine singular nominative)
So the sentence is literally The bowl is full of apples.
What is the base (dictionary) form of skálin, and why does it look different?
The dictionary form is skál (feminine). When you add the definite article in the nominative singular, you get skálin. You may also notice the vowel length/spelling ská-; that’s just how the word is spelled—there isn’t a separate “article word” like English the in this structure.
Why is the adjective full and not fullt or fullur?