Word
Hún er ekki löt; hún þarf bara smá tíma eftir langan dag.
Meaning
She is not lazy; she just needs a little time after a long day.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Hún er ekki löt; hún þarf bara smá tíma eftir langan dag.
vera
to be
dagurinn
the day
ekki
not
hún
she
Questions & Answers about Hún er ekki löt; hún þarf bara smá tíma eftir langan dag.
Why are the verbs er and þarf used here?
Because the subject is hún = she, which is third person singular.
- vera = to be → er = is
- þurfa = to need → þarf = needs
So:
- Hún er = She is
- Hún þarf = She needs
Icelandic verbs change form according to the subject, and these are the correct singular forms for hún.
Why is it löt and not latur?
Because adjectives in Icelandic must agree with the noun or pronoun they describe.
Here, löt describes hún, which is:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
So the adjective has to be in the feminine singular nominative form:
- masculine: latur
- feminine: löt
- neuter: latt
Since the sentence is about she, you need löt.
Why does ekki come after er?