Breakdown of Ef ég sé villu í textanum, skrifa ég athugasemd við textann.
ég
I
skrifa
to write
sjá
to see
í
in
Questions & Answers about Ef ég sé villu í textanum, skrifa ég athugasemd við textann.
Why is it sé after ég, not sjá?
Sjá is the infinitive, meaning to see. After ég you need the 1st person singular present tense form, which is sé.
So:
- að sjá = to see
- ég sé = I see
- þú sérð = you see
- hann/hún/það sér = he/she/it sees
This verb is irregular, so the form does not look very similar to the infinitive.
Why is it villu and not villa?
Because villu is the accusative singular form of villa.
Here, villa is the direct object of sé:
- Ég sé villu = I see an error
The noun villa is a feminine noun, and in the singular it changes like this:
- nominative: villa
- accusative: villu
- dative: villu
- genitive: villu
So in this sentence, Icelandic uses the accusative because the error is what is being seen.
Why does texti appear as both textanum and textann?