Ég get hringt í þig hvenær sem er eftir hádegi.

Get is the 1st person singular present of geta.

In a sentence like this, geta usually means can / be able to. Depending on context, English might translate it as ability, possibility, or even practical availability.

So ég get hringt í þig can mean:

• I can call you
• I’m able to call you
• I can give you a call

It does not automatically mean formal permission. It is more about what is possible or doable.

In Icelandic, the verb hringja meaning to call / phone is normally used with the preposition í when you say who you are calling.

So:

• hringja í einhvern = to call someone

That is why the sentence has:

• hringt í þig = called you / call you

This is just how the verb is constructed in Icelandic. English says call someone directly, but Icelandic says something more like call into someone structurally.

Because þig is the accusative form of þú.

After í in the expression hringja í einhvern, the person being called appears in the accusative:

• þú = you (subject form)
• þig = you (object form)

Compare:

• Þú hringir. = You call.
• Ég hringi í þig. = I call you.

So þig is used because you are the object of the calling.

Hvenær sem er is a very common expression meaning anytime or whenever.

Literally, it is built from:

• hvenær = when
• sem er = part of a pattern that gives the meaning -ever / any-

So the whole phrase means:

• any time
• whenever at all
• at any time

You will see the same pattern in other expressions:

• hver sem er = anyone
• hvað sem er = anything
• hvar sem er = anywhere

Not if you want the meaning anytime.

• hvenær? means when?
• hvenær sem er means anytime / whenever

So sem er changes the meaning from a simple question word to a free-choice expression.

Compare:

• Hvenær hringirðu? = When are you calling?
• Ég get hringt hvenær sem er. = I can call anytime.

After modal verbs such as geta, Icelandic normally uses the supine form of the main verb, not the infinitive.

So:

• ég get hringt = I can call
• not ég get hringja

This is a very important Icelandic pattern. After verbs like geta, ætla, skulu, and some others, the following verb often appears in a special non-finite form.

For hringja, that form is hringt.

Hádegi literally means midday / noon.

In the phrase eftir hádegi, it means after noon, so in natural English that often becomes in the afternoon / after midday.

So:

• hádegi = noon
• eftir hádegi = after noon, i.e. after midday / in the afternoon

Because Icelandic often uses nouns without the definite article in time expressions of this kind.

Here hádegi is being used as a general time point:

• after noon
• after midday

Using hádegið would sound more specifically the noon, which is usually not what is wanted in this type of expression.

So eftir hádegi is the normal idiomatic phrasing.

It is a natural way, but not the only one.

You may also see:

• seinnipartinn
• síðdegis
• í eftirmiðdaginn

These can all relate to the afternoon, but they are used a little differently depending on style, region, and nuance.

In this sentence, eftir hádegi is perfectly natural because it emphasizes any time after noon.

Yes. Icelandic word order is fairly flexible, especially with adverbials such as time expressions.

The given sentence:

• Ég get hringt í þig hvenær sem er eftir hádegi.

You could also hear variations like:

• Ég get hringt í þig eftir hádegi hvenær sem er.
• Eftir hádegi get ég hringt í þig hvenær sem er.

But the original order is smooth and natural. It keeps the main idea together:

1. I can call you
2. anytime
3. after noon

In practice, it works with the whole time idea: any time after noon.

So the meaning is not:

• I can call you anytime, and also after noon

but rather:

• I can call you at any time, as long as it is after noon

In other words, hvenær sem er eftir hádegi functions together as one time phrase.

Yes, usually.

Hringja í einhvern normally means:

• to call someone
• to phone someone
• to give someone a ring

It is specifically about contacting someone by phone, not just calling out loudly to them.

A rough learner-friendly guide would be:

Yeh get HRING-khya ee thig KVEN-ar sem ehr EHP-tir HAU-dey-yi

A few important points:

• Ég sounds roughly like yeh.
• hr in hringt is voiceless and breathy at the start.
• þ in þig sounds like th in thin.
• hv in hvenær is often pronounced like kv for many speakers.
• g in hádegi is not a hard English g.

Pronunciation varies by speaker, but those points will help you get close.

Yes, depending on context, English might translate it that way.

Because geta covers the idea of can / be able to / it is possible to, the sentence can sometimes sound like:

• I can call you anytime after noon
• I’ll be able to call you anytime after noon
• It’s possible for me to call you anytime after noon

If the context is about schedule rather than physical ability, English may prefer I can or I’ll be able to.