Dóttir mín er dugleg í skólanum.

to be

Breakdown of Dóttir mín er dugleg í skólanum.

• skólinn: the school
• í: at
• mín: my

Questions & Answers about Dóttir mín er dugleg í skólanum.

Why does mín come after dóttir instead of before it?

In Icelandic, possessive words like minn / mín / mitt often come after the noun: dóttir mín = my daughter.

With family words, this is especially common and natural:

• móðir mín = my mother
• faðir minn = my father
• dóttir mín = my daughter

Putting the possessive before the noun is possible in some contexts, but the post-noun position is the normal pattern here.

Why is it mín and not minn or mitt?

Because the possessive has to agree with the noun it belongs to.

Dóttir is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative here

So the correct form is mín.

Compare:

• minn = masculine
• mín = feminine
• mitt = neuter

So:

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

What case is dóttir in here?