Word
Myndin er hér og borðið er þar.
Meaning
The picture is here and the table is there.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Myndin er hér og borðið er þar.
Why do we say myndin and borðið instead of just mynd and borð?
Adding the suffixes -in and -ið changes the words from 'a picture' and 'a table' to 'the picture' and 'the table'. In Icelandic, the word for 'the' attaches to the end of the noun!
Why is the 'the' ending different for myndin (-in) and borðið (-ið)?
It depends on the noun's grammatical gender. Mynd is a feminine noun, so its ending for 'the' is -in. Borð is a neuter noun, so it takes the neuter ending -ið. If we had a masculine noun, it would take -inn.
If I wanted to say 'This is a picture' instead, would I still use myndin?
No, you would just use the plain noun: Þetta er mynd. You only add the -in suffix when you mean 'the picture', like when you are talking about a specific one whose location you are pointing out.
Do hér and þar work exactly like 'here' and 'there' in English?
Yes! Hér means 'here' (close to you) and þar means 'there' (further away). They sound very similar to their English equivalents and are used the exact same way to describe location.