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The Reflexive Possessive Pronoun sinn

Girl kissing a boy.

Learn the mysteries of the Icelandic sinn to impress your friends and woo your crush!

Personal Pronouns and Possession

A dog lying in mud.

Learn about his and her and everything in between!

The Possessive Pronouns minn and þinn

A toy-Gollum.

Mine, my own, my precious! Gollum knew the importance of drawing clear boundaries around what's yours, and you should, too!

Doctor looking at a folder.

"Að verða" is one of the most common verbs in the language, so OF COURSE it has to be confusing. Learn the different meanings of this very important word!

U-Shift in Unstressed Syllables

Have you wondered what the seemingly random "u" that pops up in many words is doing there? Well, wonder no more!

Little girl dressing up as an astronaut.

"a" is a letter of many hats. It likes to dress up as a "u", but why? Because of u-shift, that's why!

Locative Adverbs

Road sign pointing two directions.

Learn to use "whence", "whither", and "thence" like a native!

A plunger.

Advanced, independent learners mix up sem and að like nobody's business. Avoid this mistake with some easy tips!

Eitthvað vs. svolítið

Girl whispering something to another girl.

Can I tell you something? "Eitthvað" maybe doesn't mean quite what you think it means!

Verb Second – V2

Man holding up two fingers.

Who's on first? Does this article finally answer the age-old question posed by Abbot and Costello back in 1938? No, but it helps your Icelandic!

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