Word
Kostnaðurinn ykkar er ekki mikill.
Meaning
Your cost is not much.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Kostnaðurinn ykkar er ekki mikill.
vera
to be
ekki
not
mikill
great, much (adjective)
ykkar
your (pl.)
Questions & Answers about Kostnaðurinn ykkar er ekki mikill.
Why does it say kostnaðurinn ykkar with the 'the' ending on the noun?
In Icelandic, when you use possessive words like ykkar (your, plural) and okkar (our), the noun they belong to almost always takes the definite article (the 'the' suffix). So you are literally saying 'the cost of you'.
Does the word ykkar change to match masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns?
No, it doesn't! Unlike singular possessives like minn (my) or þinn (your), the plural ones like ykkar (your) and okkar (our) never change their endings. They stay exactly the same no matter the gender, number, or case of the noun.
Why is the word for 'much' here mikill and not mikið?
The adjective has to match the noun it describes. Kostnaður (cost) is a masculine noun in the nominative (subject) case, so we use the masculine form mikill. You often see mikið, but that is the neuter form, which is also used as a general adverb.