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Kærastinn minn og ég erum trúlofuð.

Kærastinn minn og ég erum trúlofuð.
My boyfriend and I are engaged.
From Lesson 175:Each other (hvor annar)·Icelandic

Questions & Answers about Kærastinn minn og ég erum trúlofuð.

Why does trúlofuð end in -uð instead of the regular masculine or feminine plural endings?
Trúlofuð is in the neuter plural form. In Icelandic, when an adjective describes a mixed-gender group (such as a male boyfriend and a female speaker), it must take the neuter plural. If the couple were two men, it would be trúlofaðir, and for two women, it would be trúlofaðar.
Since this lesson is about hvor annar (each other), how would I say "We are engaged to each other"?
You would say Við erum trúlofuð hvor öðrum. The adjective trúlofaður (engaged) requires the dative case for the person you are engaged to. Therefore, the reciprocal phrase hvor annar changes to its dative form, hvor öðrum.
Is Kærastinn minn og ég the most natural way to say "My boyfriend and I"?
It is perfectly correct and understood, but Icelanders very often use a special plural pronoun construction instead: Við kærastinn minn (literally "We the boyfriend mine"). Both mean "My boyfriend and I," but the við... pattern is extremely common in everyday spoken Icelandic.
Why does kærastinn have the definite article -inn attached when it is followed by minn?
In Icelandic, the most standard way to show possession is to put the noun in its definite form (kærasti + -nn = kærastinn) and place the possessive word after it (minn). It essentially builds the literal phrase "the boyfriend of mine."

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