Questions & Answers about Skálin er tóm núna.
Yes. -in is the definite article suffix (“the”) attached to the noun.
- skál = bowl (indefinite: “a bowl”)
- skálin = the bowl
Icelandic usually marks definiteness by adding an ending to the noun (rather than using a separate word like English the).
The dictionary (lemma) form is skál (indefinite, nominative singular).
In this sentence you see skálin, which is skál + -in (definite nominative singular).
er is the 3rd person singular present form of að vera (“to be”).
It matches the subject skálin (“the bowl”), which is singular.
Other present forms you’ll commonly see:
- ég er (I am)
- þú ert (you are)
- hann/hún/það er (he/she/it is)
- við erum, þið eruð, þeir/þær/þau eru (we/you(pl)/they are)