Questions & Answers about Morgunninn er bjartur í dag.
Why does morgunninn have so many Ns at the end?
The base word for "morning" is morgunn, which already ends in a double N. To say "the morning", you attach the masculine definite article -inn to the end of the word. Put them together, and you get morgunninn.
Why does the adjective bjartur end in "-ur" here?
In Icelandic, adjectives have to match the gender of the noun they are describing. Since morgunninn is a masculine noun, the adjective for "bright" (bjart) takes the standard masculine singular ending -ur, becoming bjartur.
Does the phrase í dag literally translate to "in day"?
Yes, it literally means "in day"! This is the standard Icelandic way of saying "today". You will see this same preposition used for other times of the day, such as í kvöld which means "tonight" or literally "in evening".
Why is it just í dag and not í daginn with the definite article?
Fixed time expressions in Icelandic, like "today" (í dag) or "tomorrow" (á morgun), usually don't take the definite article (the "the" ending). You just use the bare noun after the preposition.
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