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Learning the Icelandic Pronouns displayed below is vital to the language. Icelandic pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject).
The personal pronouns are:
Singular:
Nom: Ég I þú you
Acc: mig me þig you
Dat: mér me þér you
Gen: mín me þín you
Plural:
Nom: við we þið you
Acc: okkur us ykkur you
Dat: okkur us ykkur you
Gen: okkar us ykkar you
Singular:
Nom: hann he hún you það it
Acc: hann him hana you það it
Dat: honum him henni you því it
Gen: hans him hennar you þess it
Plural:
Nom: þeir they þær they þau they
Acc: þá them þær them þau them
Dat: þeim them þeim them þeim them
Gen: þeirra them þeirra them þeirra them
Note that the dative and genitive plurals are identical
The possessives are:
minn - mín - mitt (my/mine masc., fem., neut.)
þinn - þín - þitt (your...)
These also decline in all four cases and both numbers.
For the third person (his, her and its) we use the personal prounoun in the genitive (hans, hennar, þess).
The demonstrative pronoun is þessi (masc. and fem.) and þetta (neut.).
Þessi maður (this man), þessi kona (this woman), þetta barn (this child).
Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Icelandic Pronouns |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | Fornöfn |
| I | Ég |
| you | þú |
| he | hann |
| she | hún |
| we | við |
| they | þeir/þær/þau |
| me | mig |
| you | þig |
| him | honum |
| her | henni |
| us | okkur |
| them | þá/þær/þau |
| my | minn/mína/mitt |
| your | þinn/þín/þitt |
| his | hans |
| her | hennar |
| our | okkar |
| their | þeirra |
| mine | mitt |
| yours | þitt/ykkar |
| his | hans |
| hers | hennar |
| ours | okkar |
| theirs | þeirra |
Notice the structure of the Pronouns in Icelandic.
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Icelandic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Icelandic vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Icelandic Pronouns |
|---|---|
| I speak | Ég tala |
| you speak | þú talar |
| he speaks | Hann talar |
| she speaks | hún talar |
| we speak | við tölum |
| they speak | þeir tala |
| give me | gefðu mér |
| give you | gefa þér |
| give him | gefa honum |
| give her | gefa henni |
| give us | gefðu okkur |
| give them | gefðu þeim |
| my book | Bókin mín |
| your book | Bókin þín |
| his book | bókin hans |
| her book | bókin hennar |
| our book | Bókin okkar |
| their book | bókin þeirra |
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