Questions & Answers about Mig langar í smá tíma með sjálfri mér.
Why is it mig langar instead of ég langa?
Because langa is very often used in an impersonal construction in Icelandic.
The pattern is:
- e-n langar í e-ð = someone wants something
- e-n langar að... = someone wants to do something
In that pattern, the person who feels the desire is not in the nominative case. It appears in the accusative, so:
- ég becomes mig
And the verb stays in the default 3rd person singular form:
- langar
So mig langar is the normal Icelandic way to say something like I want or I feel like in this structure.
What is the dictionary form of langar?
The dictionary form is langa.
In this sentence, langar is the present-tense form used in the impersonal pattern. So if you look it up, you would usually find it under langa, often with a usage pattern like:
- e-n langar í e-ð
- e-n langar að gera e-ð
That helps you remember that the person is in the accusative.
What does í mean here?