Grammar

The Genitive Case and Possession
The genitive case is the least frequently used of the four cases, but that's no excuse to slack off. Learn how genitive nouns differ from pronoun possessors and fulfil your life's purpose of learning all the Icelandic!
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The Reflexive Possessive Pronoun sinn
Learn the mysteries of the Icelandic sinn, impress your friends, woo you crush, and finally experience the nirvana-like state of understanding this confusing word!

The Possessive Pronouns minn and þinn
Mine, my own, my precious! Gollum knew the importance of drawing clear boundaries around what's yours, and you should, too! Learn to use the words minn and þinn so you can tell the cops it's not your illegal substance, it's THEIRS!

U-Shift in Unstressed Syllables
I don't shift, you shift! Have you noticed how a seemingly random "u" pops up in many words and wondered what it's doing there? Well, wonder no more!

í, á, yfir, undir
The difference between riding your bike to school and riding it around the halls at school is one small case difference. Learn the difference between the accusative and dative with these prepositions!

í vs. fyrir
You're probably using í and fyrir wrong. Don't worry: everybody does, at some point. Let's set these confusing prepositions straight!

Verb Second – V2
Who's on first? Does this article finally answer the age-old question posed by Abbot and Costello back in 1938? No, obviously not, but it helps to learn about verb second word order!

Basic Word Order
Welcome to Icelandic 101, day 1 hour 0, square one, baby's first steps. Basic word order awaits!

Decoding Dictionary Shorthand
Dictionary shorthand: the original text speak? No, obviously not, but still important to learn!

Basics of Cases
If I had a króna for every time I'm asked about how cases work I wouldn't need a day job. Learn the basics of this popular topic now!

Possession and Body Parts
Quick question: are you attached to your kidneys? Learn how to explain that to Icelandic organ harvesters!

Cases and Possession
Is this car-the his John's? Icelandic possession can sound like alphabet soup gone wrong, but you can master it!

Cases and Impersonal Verbs
Verbs that don't change, dative sickness, and the language police: Impersonal verbs are an interesting topic.

Cases and Prepositions
Cases are hard. We make them easier with this instalment in our series on Cases