Sonur hennar er ekki latur, en hann er stundum þrjóskur þegar hann þarf að taka til.

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Breakdown of Sonur hennar er ekki latur, en hann er stundum þrjóskur þegar hann þarf að taka til.

• ekki: not
• hann: he
• stundum: sometimes

Questions & Answers about Sonur hennar er ekki latur, en hann er stundum þrjóskur þegar hann þarf að taka til.

Why is it sonur hennar and not sonurinn hennar?

In Icelandic, a noun followed by a possessive pronoun like hennar often does not take the definite article.

So:

• sonur hennar = her son
• literally, this is something like son her

Using sonurinn hennar is possible in some contexts, but sonur hennar is the normal, natural way to say her son in a general statement like this.

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What does hennar mean here, and what form is it?

Hennar means her.

It is the genitive form of the pronoun hún (she). Icelandic often uses the genitive for possession.

So:

• hún = she
• hennar = her

In sonur hennar, the word hennar shows whose son it is: her son.

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Why do latur and þrjóskur both end in -ur?