Questions & Answers about Svarið er rangt, ekki satt?
Why does svar become svarið?
Svar means answer and it’s a neuter noun. -ið is the definite article suffix for neuter singular nouns in the nominative/accusative, so svarið means the answer.
- svar = an answer
- svarið = the answer
What role does er play here?
Er is the present tense of að vera (to be) for third person singular: (he/she/it) is.
So Svarið er rangt literally corresponds to The answer is wrong.
Why is the adjective rangt ending in -t?
Because it agrees with svarið, which is neuter singular. Icelandic adjectives usually agree in gender, number, and case with the noun they describe (or the subject after að vera).
- masculine sg: rangur
- feminine sg: röng
- neuter sg: rangt (used here)
Is rangt an adverb here, like English ?