Questions & Answers about Njóttu stundarinnar.
Njóttu is the singular imperative of the verb njóta.
That means it is a command or encouragement directed at one person, like:
- Enjoy!
- Take pleasure in it!
So in this sentence, the speaker is telling one person to enjoy the moment.
In Icelandic, the subject pronoun is often left out with imperatives, just like in English.
Compare:
- English: Enjoy the moment.
- Icelandic: Njóttu stundarinnar.
The you is understood automatically. If you added þú, it would usually sound unnecessary unless you wanted extra emphasis.
Because several grammatical pieces are packed into one word.
The base noun is stund, a feminine noun meaning moment / while / period of time.
In stundarinnar, you are seeing:
- the noun stund
- in the genitive singular
- with the definite article attached
So stundarinnar literally has the structure of the moment.
Icelandic very often builds this kind of information into the noun ending itself, instead of using separate words like English does.