How to use the indefinite article in Icelandic

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The Icelandic indefinite article

The indefinite article is what we call the words 'a' and 'an' in English. The English indefinite article 'a' does not exist in Icelandic. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

maður

a man

stóll

a chair

borð

a table

hundur

a dog

dagur

a day

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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Icelandic

The indefinite article is what we call the word a in English. The indefinite article is used with nouns in English (a book, a chair, a door etc.). To get started in Icelandic, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns bók, stóll and hurð (book, chair, door). Once you have learned these nouns, you can then learn how to use each noun with the indefinite article. This is easy in Icelandic, because in Icelandic, there is no indefinite article. So the word bók can mean book or a book, the word stóll can mean chair or a chair and the word hurð can mean door or a door. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the indefinite article in Icelandic including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Icelandic nouns bók, stóll and hurð, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Icelandic).

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