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Netfangið mitt er nýtt.

Netfangið mitt er nýtt.
My email address is new.
From Lesson 62:Persónuupplýsingar — ID number, email, home country·Icelandic

Questions & Answers about Netfangið mitt er nýtt.

Why does it say Netfangið mitt ("the email address my") instead of just "my email address"?
In Icelandic, the most common and natural way to show possession is to take the noun, attach the definite article ("the") to the end, and place the possessive word right after it. So, netfangið mitt literally translates to "the email address my".
How does the word netfangið break down?
Netfang is a compound word made of net (net or internet) and fang (a catch, grasp, or location). Together they mean "email address". The -ið at the end is the neuter suffix for "the".
Why use mitt instead of minn for "my"?
Possessive words in Icelandic have to match the gender of the noun they belong to. Because netfang is a neuter noun, you have to use the neuter form mitt instead of the masculine minn or feminine mín.
Why is the word for "new" spelled nýtt here instead of nýr?
Just like the possessive word, adjectives must agree with the noun's gender. The base dictionary form is the masculine nýr, but since it is describing the neuter noun netfang, the adjective changes to its neuter form, nýtt.

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