Word
Trén eru mjög stór.
Meaning
The trees are very big.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Trén eru mjög stór.
How does the word tré (tree) become trén (the trees)?
Why is the adjective stór used here? Isn't that the singular form?
It looks like it, but stór is actually the neuter plural form here! Adjectives must match the noun they describe. Because trén is neuter and plural, the adjective takes the neuter plural form. For most Icelandic adjectives, the neuter plural happens to look identical to the base dictionary word.
Why do we use eru instead of er in this sentence?
Do the accent marks on trén and stór mean we put more stress on those letters?
No, in Icelandic, an accent mark changes the actual vowel sound, not the stress. The é in trén sounds like "ye" (as in "yet"), and the ó in stór makes an "oh" sound (like in "slow").