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Learning the Icelandic Questions displayed below is vital to the language. Icelandic questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when.
To ask a question in Icelandic, the simplest way is to change the word order:
Þetta er gott (this is good) => Er þetta gott? (is this good?)
Hann heitir Jón (his name is Jón) => Heitir hann Jón (is his name Jón?)
Sometimes a pronoun gets assimlilated:
Þú varst hér (you were here) => Varstu hér? (were you here?)
Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Icelandic Questions |
|---|---|
| Questions | Spurningar |
| how? | hvernig? |
| what? | hvað? |
| who? | Hver? |
| why? | hvers vegna? |
| where? | hvar? |
Notice the structure of the Questions in Icelandic.
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Icelandic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Icelandic vocabulary.
| English Questions | Icelandic Questions |
|---|---|
| where is he? | hvar er hann? |
| what is this? | hvað er þetta? |
| why are you sad? | af hverju ertu dapur? |
| how do you want to pay? | hvernig viltu borga? |
| can I come? | Má ég koma? |
| is he sleeping? | er hann sofandi? |
| do you know me? | þekkir þú mig? |
| do you have my book? | ert þú með bókina mína? |
| how big is it? | hversu stórt er það? |
| can I help you? | get ég aðstoðað þig? |
| can you help me? | getur þú hjálpað mér? |
| do you speak English? | Talarðu ensku? |
| how far is this? | hversu langt er þetta? |
| what time is it? | hvað er klukkan? |
| how much is this? | Hvað kostar þetta? |
| what is your name? | hvað heitir þú? |
| where do you live? | hvar áttu heima? |
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