No. 367 in Icelandic
sumarið
"Sumarið" means "the summer" in English.
In a sentence
Sumarið var mjög heitt í fyrra.
The summer was very hot last year.
The word 'sumarið' here refers to last summer experienced, used as a definite noun in its neuter form.
Ég elska að fara á ströndina um sumarið.
I love to go to the beach during the summer.
'Sumarið' refers to the season of summer in a general and definite way, illustrating a recurring event.
Við höfðum ekki mikinn tíma sumarið sem við eyddum í ferðalög.
We didn’t have much time the summer we spent traveling.
In this example, 'sumarið' represents a specific summer during which an activity was carried out, emphasizing its identification with definite context.
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