Extra Icelandic Grammar
Extra Icelandic Grammar
past
hef
hafi
hefur
hafir
hann/hn/a
hefur
hafi
vi
hfum
hfum
hafi
hfu
eir/r/au
hafa
hfu
To say things like I have been here, I had been here, Icelandic uses exactly the same technique as
English:
To say I have intended use g hef + past participle of tla: g hef tla.
To say they have been use eir hafa + past participle of vera: eir hafa veri.
I say I had intended use g hafi + past participle of tla: g hafi tla.
To say we had understood use vi hfum + past participle of skilja: vi hfum skili.
And so forth.
eiga own (past participle: tt)
present
past
tti
tt
ttir
hann/hn/a
tti
vi
eigum
ttum
eigi
ttu
eir/r/au
eiga
ttu
To say things like I have to do it, Icelandic doesnt use hafa: it uses eiga own. So its similar to
English but a bit different.
To say I have to travel use g + a + verb: g a fara
To say they have to be here use eir eiga + a + verb: eir eiga a vera hr.
And so forth.
geta get (past participle geti)
present
past
get
gat
getur
gast
hann/hn/a getur
gat
vi
getum
gtum
geti
gtu
eir/r/au
geta
gtu
Modern Icelandic has no equivalent to can in English. To say I can do it, Icelandic says I get it
done; to say I could do it, Icelandic says I got it done; to say they can understand it, Icelandic says
they get it understood, and so forth.
To say I can do it, use g get + past participle of gera: g get a gert.
To say she can understand it, use hn get + past participle of skilja: hn getur a skili.
To say I could do it when I was a student, use g gat + past particple of gera: g gat a gert egar
g var nemi.
To say we could travel yesterday but not today, use vi gtum + past participle of geta: vi gtum
fari gr en ekki dag.
vilja want (past participle vilja)
present
past
vil
vildi
vilt
vildir
hann/hn/a vill
vildi
vi
viljum
vildum
vilji
vildu
eir/r/au
vilja
vildu