Dóttir mín vex hratt og þarf ný föt.

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Breakdown of Dóttir mín vex hratt og þarf ný föt.

• nýr: new
• þurfa: to need
• og: and

Questions & Answers about Dóttir mín vex hratt og þarf ný föt.

Why is mín placed after dóttir instead of before it?

In Icelandic, possessive words like minn / mín / mitt often come after the noun. With family words especially, this is very common and natural:

• dóttir mín = my daughter
• sonur minn = my son
• móðir mín = my mother

Putting the possessive before the noun is possible in some contexts, but after the noun is the normal choice here.

Why is it mín and not minn or mitt?

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

Here, dóttir is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

So the correct form is mín.

Compare:

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

Why is it dóttir mín, not dóttirin mín?