Annar vafri virkar betur á tölvunni minni.

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Breakdown of Annar vafri virkar betur á tölvunni minni.

• minn: my
• annar: another
• virka: to work

Questions & Answers about Annar vafri virkar betur á tölvunni minni.

What does annar mean here? Is it another or second?

Here annar means another or a different.

The word annar can also mean second in some contexts, so the exact meaning depends on what is being talked about. In this sentence, with vafri (browser), the natural meaning is:

• another browser
• a different browser

not necessarily the second browser.

Why is it annar and not annað or önnur?

Because annar has to agree with vafri in gender, number, and case.

• vafri is masculine
• it is singular
• here it is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence

So the matching form is annar.

Compare:

• masculine: annar vafri
• feminine: önnur tölva
• neuter: annað forrit

What case is annar vafri, and why?

It is nominative singular.

That is because is the of the verb . In Icelandic, the subject of a normal active sentence is usually in the nominative.