Ég þarf staðfestingu núna.

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Breakdown of Ég þarf staðfestingu núna.

• núna: now
• þurfa: to need
• staðfesting: the confirmation

Questions & Answers about Ég þarf staðfestingu núna.

Why is staðfestingu ending in -u here? What case is it?

It’s accusative singular. Þurfa (to need) takes a direct object in the accusative. The noun staðfesting is a feminine -ing noun; its singular forms include:

• Nominative: staðfesting
• Accusative: staðfestingu
• Dative: staðfestingu
• Genitive: staðfestingar Tip: many feminine -ing nouns have -u in both the accusative and dative singular.

How would I say “I need the confirmation now”?

Use the suffixed definite article on the noun: Ég þarf staðfestinguna núna. Icelandic marks definiteness with a suffix (not a separate “the” before the noun). Here, accusative definite feminine singular ends in -una.

Why is there no word for “a” before staðfestingu?

Icelandic has no indefinite article. Bare nouns usually correspond to English “a/an” or “some.” If you really mean “one confirmation,” you can say Ég þarf eina staðfestingu núna, but that explicitly counts it and is less common unless you’re contrasting amounts.

Can I say “I need to confirm now” or “I need to get confirmation”?

Yes, and they mean different things:

• “I need to confirm now”: Ég þarf að staðfesta núna. (you will perform the confirming)
• “I need to get/receive confirmation now”: (you want someone else’s confirmation) Both use