Dóttir mín vill hoppa á trampólíninu eftir leikskóla.

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Breakdown of Dóttir mín vill hoppa á trampólíninu eftir leikskóla.

• á: on
• eftir: after
• mín: my

Questions & Answers about Dóttir mín vill hoppa á trampólíninu eftir leikskóla.

Why is it dóttir mín instead of mín dóttir?

In Icelandic, possessives can come after the noun very naturally, especially in everyday neutral language.

• dóttir mín = my daughter
• mín dóttir is possible, but it usually sounds more emphatic, contrastive, or a bit more literary.

So in a plain statement like this, dóttir mín is the most natural choice.

Why is the possessive mín and not minn or mitt?

Because the possessive must agree with the noun it belongs to in gender, number, and case.

Here:

• dóttir is feminine
• singular
• nominative (because it is the subject of the sentence)

So the correct form is mín.

Compare:

• sonur minn = my son
• dóttir mín = my daughter
• barn mitt = my child

Why is there no the ending on dóttir?