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Bíómyndin er mjög gömul.

Bíómyndin er mjög gömul.
The movie is very old.
From Lesson 10:Expressing opinions (mér finnst, mér líkar)·Icelandic

Breakdown of Bíómyndin er mjög gömul.

vera
to be
gamall
old
mjög
very
bíómyndin
the movie

Questions & Answers about Bíómyndin er mjög gömul.

Why is the word for "old" gömul here instead of gamall?
Adjectives in Icelandic change their endings to match the gender of the noun they describe. The word for movie, bíómynd, is a feminine noun. Because of this, the dictionary form of the adjective (gamall) must change to its feminine form, which is gömul.
How does Bíómyndin mean "the movie" when there is no separate word for "the"?
Instead of a separate word like "the", Icelandic normally attaches a suffix to the end of the noun. The base word is bíómynd (movie). Since it is a feminine noun, we add the feminine definite ending -in to get bíómyndin (the movie).
What are the smaller words that make up bíómyndin?
It is a compound word made of bíó (cinema or movie theater) and mynd (picture or image), plus the definite ending -in (the). Literally, it means "the cinema picture"!
If I want to use this with our current lesson and say "I find the movie very old", does gömul change case?
It stays exactly the same! When using finnst (to find/think), the person having the opinion is in the dative case (like mér), but the thing you are describing (bíómyndin) and the adjective describing it (gömul) both stay in the standard nominative case. So you would say: Mér finnst bíómyndin mjög gömul.

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