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Tbrennan
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What is Grammatical Gender?

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Tbrennan
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Halló!

This post will give a brief introduction to grammatical gender in Icelandic.

Grammatical gender refers to the phenomenon in some languages whereby all nouns, even ones with no real-world gender connotation, are assigned to a specific gender for grammatical purposes.

When Do Strong Adjectives Go With Definite Nouns?

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Tbrennan
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Sæl öllsömul!

This post responds to a question I often receive. Advanced Icelandic learners know that an indefinite noun is supposed to be accompanied by strong-form adjectives and definite nouns with weak adjectives. But this is not always the case.