Questions & Answers about Hún er södd og glöð.
Why do södd and glöð both have the letter ö in them?
They are describing hún (she), so they must be in the feminine singular form. The dictionary forms for these adjectives are saddur and glaður. In Icelandic, when a base adjective has an a in the root, it frequently changes to an ö in the feminine singular form. This is a very common vowel shift.
Can I use södd to say a glass or a room is full?
No, saddur (the base form of södd) specifically means full from eating, or sated. If you want to describe a container or an object as physically full, you would use the adjective fullur.
How would this sentence change if we were talking about a man instead of a woman?
You would change the pronoun to hann (he) and use the masculine forms of both adjectives. The sentence would become: Hann er saddur og glaður.
What happens to the adjectives if we talk about a group of women?
The adjectives must match the plural feminine pronoun þær (they). The sentence becomes: Þær eru saddar og glaðar. Notice how the ö changes back to an a in these plural forms because the special vowel shift only happens in the singular.
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