How to use adjectives in Faroese

How to use adjectives in Faroese

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Faroese? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Faroese lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Faroese adjectives.

Faroese adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Adjectives come before the noun in Faroese as in English. Adjectives in Faroese agree with the noun they describe. This means that adjectives that describe a feminine noun have a special form.

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tann fátæka kvinnan
the poor woman
tann lukkuliga kvinnan
the happy woman
tann vakra kvinnan
the beautiful woman
tann vælhavanda kvinnan
the rich woman
tann gamla kvinnan
the old woman
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Faroese is a scandinavian language spoken by about 50,000 people on the Faroe Islands and roughly 15,000 people in Denmark. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Faroese would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Step 7 : Adjectives in Faroese

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Faroese adjectives stór, smalt and gamalt (big, small, old). Using the nouns bók, stólur and hurð (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Faroese adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives stór, smalt and gamalt with the nouns bók, stólur and hurð you can move on to Step 8 (Faroese Verbs).

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