Andstæðingurinn brosir.

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Breakdown of Andstæðingurinn brosir.

• andstæðingurinn: the opponent

Questions & Answers about Andstæðingurinn brosir.

Why is the attached to andstæðingurinn instead of being a separate word?

In Icelandic, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun instead of written as a separate word.

So here:

• andstæðingur = opponent
• andstæðingurinn = the opponent

That ending -inn / -urinn is the attached definite article. This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice, because Icelandic usually does not use a separate word like English the.

What grammatical form is andstæðingurinn?

Andstæðingurinn is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative
• definite

It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.

The basic dictionary form is andstæðingur. In this sentence, that noun has been changed into its definite nominative singular form: andstæðingurinn.

What is the basic dictionary form of andstæðingurinn?

The dictionary form is andstæðingur.

That is the form you would usually look up in a dictionary. Icelandic dictionaries normally list nouns in the indefinite nominative singular.

So:

• dictionary form: andstæðingur
• form used here: andstæðingurinn

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