Breakdown of Hugmyndin þeirra er mjög góð.
vera
to be
góður
good
mjög
very
hugmyndin
the idea
þeirra
their / theirs
Questions & Answers about Hugmyndin þeirra er mjög góð.
Why does it say Hugmyndin þeirra ("the idea their") instead of putting "their" first?
In Icelandic, it is standard to put the possessive word (like þeirra) after the noun. When you do this, the noun must have the "the" ending attached to it. So, hugmyndin (the idea) + þeirra (their) translates to "their idea".
Does þeirra change form to match the feminine noun hugmyndin?
No, it doesn't. þeirra is an invariable pronoun, meaning it is frozen in this form. Words like hans (his), hennar (her), and þeirra (their) never change their spelling to match the gender or number of the noun they own.
Why is the word for "good" written as góð here instead of góður?
Adjectives have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because hugmynd (idea) is a feminine noun, the adjective takes the feminine singular form góð instead of the masculine góður or the neuter gott.
What does the -in at the end of Hugmyndin do?
That is the attached definite article, meaning "the". The base word hugmynd means "idea", and adding -in makes it Hugmyndin ("the idea"). Feminine nouns that end in a consonant often use -in for "the", which is a helpful clue since masculine nouns usually use -inn.
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