Þú lítur mjög þreytt út.

you

Breakdown of Þú lítur mjög þreytt út.

• mjög: very
• þreyttur: tired
• líta út: to look

Questions & Answers about Þú lítur mjög þreytt út.

What does lítur ... út mean here? Is it one expression?

Yes. Líta út is a very common Icelandic expression meaning to look / to appear / to seem.

So in this sentence, lítur ... út works together as a unit:

• Þú lítur ... út = you look / you appear

It is not the same as English look out.

What form is lítur?

Lítur is the present tense, 2nd person singular form of the verb líta.

A few present-tense forms are:

• ég lít = I look
• þú lítur = you look
• hann/hún/það lítur = he/she/it looks

So Þú lítur simply means you look.

Why is út at the end of the sentence?

Because líta út is a verb + particle expression, and in Icelandic the particle is often separated from the main verb.

In this kind of sentence, the normal pattern is:

• líta + description + út

So:

• Þú lítur mjög þreytt út

That is more natural than putting út directly after lítur here.

Why is it þreytt and not þreyttur?