Questions & Answers about Hitinn er núll.
Hiti is the basic noun, meaning temperature, heat, or sometimes fever depending on context.
Hitinn is the definite form, so it means the temperature. Icelandic usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
So:
- hiti = temperature
- hitinn = the temperature
In this sentence, Icelandic is talking about a specific temperature, so hitinn is the natural choice.
Er is the present-tense form of the verb vera (to be).
So here it works exactly like English is:
- hitinn = the temperature
- er = is
- núll = zero
Because hitinn is singular, you use er, not a plural form.
In Icelandic, the definite article is usually attached to the noun as an ending.
That means English:
- the temperature
becomes Icelandic:
- hitinn
This is very common in Icelandic. A learner often expects a separate word, but Icelandic normally builds the right into the noun.