Word
Ruslapokinn er fullur, svo ég tek nýjan ruslapoka úr skápnum.
Meaning
The trash bag is full, so I take a new trash bag out of the cabinet.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Ruslapokinn er fullur, svo ég tek nýjan ruslapoka úr skápnum.
ég
I
vera
to be
taka
to take
nýr
new
Questions & Answers about Ruslapokinn er fullur, svo ég tek nýjan ruslapoka úr skápnum.
Why does ruslapokinn end in -inn?
-inn is the suffix for the definite article (equivalent to the) attached to the noun.
- ruslapoki = a trash bag
- ruslapokinn = the trash bag
It’s the masculine singular nominative definite form of ruslapoki.
Why is it Ruslapokinn er fullur and not fullt or full?
Adjectives agree with the noun in gender, number, and case. Ruslapokinn is masculine singular nominative, so the adjective is also masculine singular nominative: fullur.
For comparison:
- feminine: taskan er full (bag)
- neuter: glasið er fullt (glass)
- plural: pokarnir eru fullir (bags)
What’s the function of svo here?
svo is a common connector meaning so / therefore / and so. It links the cause and the result:
- The bag is full, so I take a new one.
It’s very frequent in everyday Icelandic.
Why is there a comma before svo?