Ungplantan er græn.

The seedling is green.

Breakdown of Ungplantan er græn.

• vera: to be
• grænn: green
• ungplantan: the seedling

Questions & Answers about Ungplantan er græn.

What is ungplantan made up of?

Ungplantan breaks down as:

• ungplanta = seedling / young plant
• -n = the

So ungplantan means the seedling or the young plant.

A useful thing to notice is that ungplanta is a compound noun in Icelandic, not just an adjective plus a noun written separately.

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

In Icelandic, the definite article is very often a suffix attached to the noun.

So instead of a separate word like English the, Icelandic commonly does this:

• planta = plant
• plantan = the plant

And here:

• ungplanta = seedling / young plant
• ungplantan = the seedling

This is one of the most important differences from English.

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