Questions & Answers about Nýi nágranninn er mjög vinalegur og alltaf kurteis.
Because nýi is the form used before a definite noun.
- nýr nágranni = a new neighbor
- nýi nágranninn = the new neighbor
In Icelandic, an adjective before a definite noun usually takes the weak form, and nýi is the weak masculine nominative singular form of nýr.
The ending -inn is the definite article attached to the noun, so it means the.
- nágranni = neighbor
- nágranninn = the neighbor
Icelandic usually puts the onto the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English does.
It is masculine, singular, nominative.
That is because:
- nágranni is a masculine noun
- it refers to one person, so it is singular
- it is the subject of er, so it is in the nominative case
The adjective nýi matches the noun in gender, number, and case.