Breakdown of Sundfötin hennar þornuðu á stólnum meðan við gengum á sandinum.
Questions & Answers about Sundfötin hennar þornuðu á stólnum meðan við gengum á sandinum.
Yes. Sundföt literally means swimming clothes / swimwear, and it is very commonly used in the plural in Icelandic.
So:
- sundföt = swimsuit / swimwear / bathing clothes
- sundfötin = the swimsuit / the swimwear
Even if English might use a singular idea like her swimsuit, Icelandic often uses the plural noun sundföt. That is why the verb is also plural later in the sentence.
The ending -in is the definite article attached to the noun, so sundfötin means the swimwear or her swimsuit depending on context.
In Icelandic, possessives like hennar are very often placed after the noun.
So:
- sundfötin hennar = her swimwear
- literally: the swimwear her
This is a very normal Icelandic pattern, especially with pronoun possessives:
- maðurinn minn = my husband
- bíllinn hans = his car
- húsið okkar = our house
So although it feels reversed from English, sundfötin hennar is exactly the natural Icelandic structure.