Dagsektin er há.

to be

Breakdown of Dagsektin er há.

• hár: high
• dagsektin: the daily overdue fine

Questions & Answers about Dagsektin er há.

Why is there no separate word for the in Dagsektin?

Because Icelandic usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

• dagsekt = daily fine
• dagsektin = the daily fine

So the ending -in is doing the job that the does in English.

What is the base form of dagsektin?

The base form is dagsekt.

Its dictionary form is dagsekt, and it is a feminine noun. That matters because adjectives in Icelandic change form to match the noun’s gender, number, and case.

Why is it há and not hár or hátt?

Because há is the feminine singular nominative form of the adjective hár.

The adjective has different forms depending on what noun it matches:

• hár = masculine singular nominative
• há = feminine singular nominative
• hátt = neuter singular nominative

Since dagsektin is feminine singular and is the subject of the sentence, the correct form is há.

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