Hún er dugleg og klárar verkefnið á réttum tíma.

She is hardworking and finishes the project on time.

Breakdown of Hún er dugleg og klárar verkefnið á réttum tíma.

• vera: to be
• hún: she
• tíminn: the time
• á: on

Questions & Answers about Hún er dugleg og klárar verkefnið á réttum tíma.

What does hún mean here?

Hún means she. It is the third-person singular feminine pronoun.

In this sentence, it refers to a female person. In Icelandic, pronouns also follow grammatical gender, so hún is used when the subject is feminine.

Why is it er?

Er is the present-tense, third-person singular form of að vera, which means to be.

So:

• ég er = I am
• þú ert = you are
• hann / hún / það er = he / she / it is

Since the subject is hún = she, er is the correct form.

Why is it dugleg and not duglegur or duglegt?

Because dugleg is agreeing with hún, which is feminine singular.

The adjective duglegur changes form depending on gender:

• masculine: duglegur
• feminine: dugleg
• neuter: duglegt

Since the subject is feminine, Icelandic uses dugleg.

This is very common in Icelandic: adjectives often agree with the noun or pronoun they describe in gender, number, and sometimes case.