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Aiwerond
Yes/No-Questions
Yes/No-questions in Islandish are formed using the question word či. The question word follows the finite verb immediately or is fronted....
Personal pronouns
In the following table there are the personal pronouns in nominative: All personal pronouns are inflected for case. The paradigm,...
Subordinate direct object clauses
Direct object clauses are subordinate clauses which stand in the place and function of a direct object in the main clause. Most often...
Possession
Possessive adjectives Possessive adjectives are formed from the genitive of the possessor by adding the suffix - r, - ra, - ró. puk (boy)...
Pronounciation and orthography
Islandish phonemes are pronounced similarly to Czech, Slovak and Croatian. Here are notes on some specific aspects of the pronounciation...
Verb "viti" (to be)
The verb viti (to be) is irregular in Islandish. The present imperfective paradigm is highly irregular with vowel and consonant...
Nominal derivational suffixes
Here is a list of the most important nominalizers in Islandish. Please note we use è for the epenthetic e, and j and jj for softening .
Softening of consonants
The softening of consonants in Islandish is caused by a j following a so-called hard consonant. Double hard consonants are g, h, k....
Verbs - Introduction and simple tenses
Islandish verbs inflect in the following categories: Person: 1.,2.,3. Number: singular, plural Aspect: perfective, imperfective, habitual...
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