Icelandic Grammar

The Icelandic grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Icelandic and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: og	Under: undir
Before: áður en	After: eftir
Inside: inni í	Outside: úti
With: með	But: en
For: fyrir	From: frá
To: til	In: í

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: hvað?	Who?: hver?
How?: hvernig?	Why?: hvers vegna?
Where?: hvar?

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: aldrei	Rarely: sjaldan
Sometimes: stundum	Usually: venjulega
Always: alltaf	Very: mjög

Most commonly used pronouns in Icelandic:

I: ég	You: þú
He: hann	She: hún
We: við	They: þeir/þær/þau

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: minn/mín/mitt	Your: þinn/þín/þitt
His: hans	Her: hennar
Our: okkar	Their: þeirra

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: ég tala ensku

You speak French: þú talar frönsku

He speaks German: hann talar þýsku

She speaks Italian: hún talar ítölsku

I visited France: ég heimsótti frakkland

I will drink milk: ég mun drekka mjólk

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: ég skil þig

I don't understand you: ég skil þig ekki

I don't speak French: ég tala ekki frönsku

This is my house: þetta er mitt hús

That restaurant is far: þetta veitingahús er langt í burtu

No problem: ekkert vandamál

The above Icelandic grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Icelandic vocabulary to obtain some popular Icelandic phrases.