Móttakan er til hægri.

to be

Breakdown of Móttakan er til hægri.

• móttakan: the reception
• til hægri: on the right

Questions & Answers about Móttakan er til hægri.

Why is there no separate word for the in Móttakan?

In Icelandic, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• móttaka = reception
• móttakan = the reception

That final -n is doing the job that the does in English.

What form is móttakan?

Móttakan is the definite singular nominative form of móttaka.

That matters because it is the subject of the sentence, and subjects are normally in the nominative case.

So grammatically, it is basically:

• móttaka = base noun
• móttakan = the reception, used here as the subject

What does er mean?

Er means is.

It is the present-tense singular form of the verb vera, which means to be.

So:

• ég er = I am
• það er = it is
• móttakan er = the reception is