Umsóknin er enn í vinnslu, svo hún bíður rólega.

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Breakdown of Umsóknin er enn í vinnslu, svo hún bíður rólega.

• svo: so
• bíða: to wait
• rólega: calmly

Questions & Answers about Umsóknin er enn í vinnslu, svo hún bíður rólega.

Why is umsóknin written with -in at the end?

Umsóknin = umsókn (application) + the definite article -in (the).
So it literally means the application. Icelandic often attaches the to the noun instead of using a separate word.

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How do I know the gender of umsókn, and does it matter here?

Umsókn is feminine. It matters because it affects:

• the attached definite article: feminine nominative singular is typically -in → umsóknin
• the pronoun used later: hún (she/it) refers to a feminine noun

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Why does it say hún (she) for an application? Shouldn’t it be it?

In Icelandic, pronouns follow grammatical gender, not “human gender.”
Since umsókn is feminine, you refer back to it with hún (meaning it in English in this context).

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