Questions & Answers about Kannski vill hún sofa lengur í dag.
Why is the verb vill in second position after Kannski?
Icelandic main clauses are verb‑second (V2). Whatever you put first (here the sentence adverb kannski “maybe”), the finite verb must come next. So: Kannski (1st position) + vill (2nd) + hún (3rd) + the rest.
Can kannski move elsewhere in the sentence?
Yes:
- Hún vill kannski sofa lengur í dag. (very common)
- Í dag vill hún kannski sofa lengur. Avoid in careful writing: Hún kannski vill … (V3). You’ll hear it in speech, but standard V2 prefers Kannski vill hún … or Hún vill kannski ….
Why is it vill and not vil?
It’s the 3rd‑person singular present of vilja “to want,” which is irregular:
- ég vil, þú vilt, hann/hún vill, við viljum, þið viljið, þeir/þau vilja.
Does vill mean English “will” (future)?
No. Vilja means “to want.” To talk about the future, Icelandic uses present tense or the auxiliary munu. Example: Hún mun sofa lengur í dag = “She will sleep longer today.”