Questions & Answers about Ég blanda smá salt og pipar í sósuna.
Because the verb agrees with the subject in person and number. Ég is 1st person singular, so the present tense form is blanda.
Conjugation (present): ég blanda, þú blandar, hann/hún/það blandar, við blöndum, þið blandið, þeir/þær/þau blanda.
Blanda is the main verb meaning to mix/blend. In Icelandic, it commonly takes:
- a direct object (what you’re mixing): here smá salt og pipar
- and often a phrase with í + accusative to show what you’re mixing it into: here í sósuna.
smá here acts like an indeclinable quantity word meaning a little/some. It often stays the same form before a noun.
You can also say lítið salt, where lítill is an adjective that does inflect (e.g. lítið with neuter salt). Both are common, with slightly different “feel”: smá salt is very everyday and casual.