Questions & Answers about Fyrirlesarinn talar hægt og skýrt.
Fyrirlesarinn = fyrirlesari + -inn
- fyrirlesari means lecturer or speaker giving a lecture
- -inn is the definite article attached to the end, so it means the lecturer
This is very common in Icelandic: instead of a separate word for the, Icelandic often adds it to the noun.
Examples:
- maður = man
- maðurinn = the man
So Fyrirlesarinn literally means the lecturer.
In Icelandic, the definite article is usually a suffix, not a separate word like English the.
So:
- fyrirlesari = lecturer
- fyrirlesarinn = the lecturer
This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice. Icelandic can use a separate demonstrative in some situations, but the normal way to say the lecturer is with the article attached directly to the noun.