No. 889 in Icelandic

the

The Icelandic language does not have the word "the," as it uses definite articles as suffixes attached to nouns.

In a sentence

Húsið er stórt.
The house is big.
The word 'húsið' takes the definite article '-ið' as a suffix to mean 'the house'.
Bókina fannst ég í skápnum.
I found the book in the cupboard.
The word 'bókina' includes the definite article '-ina' to indicate 'the book' in accusative case.
Þetta er borðið.
This is the table.
The word 'borðið' uses the definite suffix '-ið' to specify 'the table' as the object of the sentence.

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