Learn Icelandic: Strákurinn elskar hana.

Hana is the accusative (object) form of hún (she). In this sentence, the boy is the subject doing the action, and she is the direct object receiving it. The verb elska (to love) requires its object to be in the accusative case, so hún becomes hana (her).

Where is the word for "the" in strákurinn?

Icelandic doesn't usually use a separate word for "the". Instead, it attaches an ending directly to the noun. The base word is strákur (a boy), and adding the suffix -inn makes it strákurinn (the boy).

Why does the verb end in an -r (elskar)?

The dictionary form of the verb is elska. Since the subject of the sentence is strákurinn (a "he" or third-person singular subject), the verb takes the -r ending to match. It is very similar to how we add an "-s" in English (I love vs. he loves).

Is the word order here exactly the same as in English?

Yes! For a simple, standard statement like this, Icelandic uses the exact same Subject-Verb-Object word order as English: Strákurinn (Subject) elskar (Verb) hana (Object).