Learn Icelandic: Strákurinn var fyndinn.

Strákurinn var fyndinn.

The boy was funny.

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Questions & Answers about Strákurinn var fyndinn.

Why do we use var in this sentence?

var is the past tense of vera (to be) for the pronouns I, he, she, and it. Since Strákurinn (the boy) is a he (third-person singular), we use var to say he was.

How does the word Strákurinn include the word 'the'?

In Icelandic, the word 'the' is usually attached to the end of the noun as a suffix. Strákur means a boy, and adding the masculine suffix -inn gives us Strákurinn (the boy).

Is it a coincidence that Strákurinn and fyndinn both end in -inn?

Yes, mostly! For the noun Strákurinn, the -inn is the definite article suffix meaning 'the'. For the adjective fyndinn (funny), the ending happens to look similar, but it just shows that the adjective is in its masculine, singular form to match the boy. If we were talking about a girl, it would be Stelpan var fyndin.