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Hleðslutækið er bilað.

Hleðslutækið er bilað.
The charger is broken.
From Lesson 124:Time duration (í)·Icelandic

Breakdown of Hleðslutækið er bilað.

vera
to be
bilaður
broken
hleðslutækið
the charger

Questions & Answers about Hleðslutækið er bilað.

How is the word hleðslutækið formed?
It is a compound word. It combines hleðslu- (from hleðsla, meaning "charging" or "loading") and tæki (meaning "device" or "tool"). The -ð at the very end is the attached word for "the," making it literally "the charging device."
The dictionary form for "broken" is bilaður. Why does it change to bilað here?
Adjectives in Icelandic have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because tæki (device) is a neuter noun, the adjective drops the masculine -ur ending and takes the neuter form, becoming bilað.
Why is the definite article ("the") at the end of hleðslutækið just -ð instead of -ið?
The base noun tæki already ends in a vowel (i). When a neuter noun ends in a vowel, you just add -ð to mean "the" instead of the full -ið ending.

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