Questions & Answers about Ég þurrka hendurnar með handklæðinu eftir sturtu.
Why is the verb þurrka in the form þurrka and not something else?
Þurrka is the present tense, 1st person singular form of the verb að þurrka (to dry).
Conjugation (present):
- ég þurrka
- þú þurrkar
- hann/hún/það þurrkar
- við þurrkum
- þið þurrkið
- þeir/þær/þau þurrka
Why is it hendurnar and not hendur or hendurnar mínar?
- hendurnar = the hands (definite, plural). Icelandic often uses the definite form for body parts in natural sentences like this, similar to English I wash my hands (but Icelandic tends to choose definiteness differently).
- hendur would be hands (indefinite plural), which can sound less natural here unless you mean some hands in a more general sense.
- You can add possession, but it’s usually unnecessary:
- Ég þurrka hendurnar. = I dry (my) hands.
- Ég þurrka hendurnar mínar. = I dry my hands (more emphatic/contrastive).
What case is hendurnar, and why that case?