Ég man það ekki rétt.

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Breakdown of Ég man það ekki rétt.

• það: it
• ekki: not
• muna: to remember

Questions & Answers about Ég man það ekki rétt.

Why is the verb man and not muna?

Muna is the infinitive, meaning to remember.
Man is the 1st person singular present tense form, so it means I remember.

So:

• að muna = to remember
• ég man = I remember

This verb is a little irregular, so learners often notice that man does not look much like muna.

What does each word do in Ég man það ekki rétt?

Here is the sentence piece by piece:

• Ég = I
• man = remember
• það = it / that
• ekki = not
• rétt = correctly / right

So the structure is basically:

I remember it not correctly
which in natural English becomes something like I don’t remember it correctly or I don’t remember it right.

Why is það in the sentence?