Questions & Answers about Kakan er stór, svo ég borða bara hálfa.
Why is it kakan and not just kaka?
Kaka means cake.
Kakan means the cake.
In Icelandic, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix. So:
- kaka = a cake / cake
- kakan = the cake
Here, the speaker is talking about a specific cake, so kakan is used.
Why is the adjective stór and not stóra?
Because stór is a predicate adjective here: it comes after er (is) and describes the subject.
In Icelandic, that is different from an adjective placed directly before a noun.
Compare:
- stóra kakan = the big cake
- adjective directly attached to the noun
- kakan er stór = the cake is big
- adjective comes after er
So in this sentence, stór is the correct form.
What does svo mean here?