Hurðin er hreinni núna.

to be

Breakdown of Hurðin er hreinni núna.

• núna: now
• hurðin: the door
• hreinni: cleaner

Questions & Answers about Hurðin er hreinni núna.

Why is hurðin one word instead of two words, like English the door?

Because Icelandic usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

• hurð = door
• hurðin = the door

So the -in at the end is the definite article here.

What grammatical form is hurðin?

Hurðin is nominative singular definite.

More specifically:

• the noun is hurð
• it is a feminine noun
• here it is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative
• the ending makes it definite: the door

So this form means the door as the subject of the sentence.

Why is the verb er used here?

Er is the 3rd person singular present tense of vera (to be).

Since hurðin is a singular subject, Icelandic uses the singular verb:

• ég er = I am
• þú ert = you are
• hann/hún/það er = he/she/it is

So means