Questions & Answers about Hún svarar stutt og fer svo heim.
Why is it hún here?
Because hún is the subject of the sentence: she is the one doing the actions.
In this sentence, hún does two things:
- svarar = answers
- fer = goes
So Icelandic uses the nominative subject form hún.
What form is svarar?
svarar is the present tense of the verb að svara = to answer.
So:
- að svara = to answer
- hún svarar = she answers / she is answering
In Icelandic, the present tense often covers both simple present and present progressive meanings, depending on context.
Why is it stutt and not stuttur or stutta?
Here stutt is being used adverbially, meaning briefly / shortly.
The basic adjective is:
- stuttur = short
But Icelandic often uses the neuter singular form of an adjective as an adverb. So:
- stuttur = short (masculine adjective)
- stutt = short / briefly (used adverbially here)