Staðfestingin er til staðar í tölvupóstinum.

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Breakdown of Staðfestingin er til staðar í tölvupóstinum.

• tölvupósturinn: the email
• staðfestingin: the confirmation
• vera til staðar: to be available

Questions & Answers about Staðfestingin er til staðar í tölvupóstinum.

Why does Staðfestingin have -in at the end?

-in is the definite article suffix for a feminine singular noun in the nominative case.

• staðfesting = a confirmation (indefinite)
• staðfesting-in = the confirmation (definite)
  So Staðfestingin er … literally starts as The confirmation is ….

What gender is staðfesting, and how can I tell?

staðfesting is feminine. You often learn gender with the word, but there are also clues: many nouns ending in -ing in Icelandic are feminine (though not all endings are 100% reliable). Its definite form staðfesting-in also signals feminine.

Why is it er and not something else?

er is the present tense form of the verb að vera (to be) for all persons in the singular and plural in the present tense in Icelandic:

• ég er, þú ert, hann/hún/það er, við erum, þið eruð, þeir/þær/þau eru
  Here the subject is Staðfestingin (3rd person singular), so er is correct.

What does til staðar mean grammatically? Is it a verb?