How to use adjectives in Icelandic

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Icelandic adjectives

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

Examples

hamingjusami strákurinn

the happy boy

veiki strákurinn

the weak boy

dapri strákurinn

the sad boy

sterki strákurinn

the strong boy

smávaxni strákurinn

the short boy

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Learn to get by in Icelandic with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Icelandic greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.

Eigðu góðan dag !

Have a nice day !

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Have a nice stay !

Skemmtu þér !

Have a nice time !

Góðan daginn!

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Step 7 : Adjectives in Icelandic

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Icelandic adjectives stór, lítill and gamall (big, small, old). Using the nouns bók, stóll 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 Icelandic adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives stór, lítill and gamall with the nouns bók, stóll and hurð you can move on to Step 8 (Icelandic Verbs).

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