Ég geri ekki allt í einu.

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Breakdown of Ég geri ekki allt í einu.

• ekki: not
• gera: to do
• allt: everything

Questions & Answers about Ég geri ekki allt í einu.

Why is the verb geri and not gera?

Because geri is the 1st person singular present tense form of the verb að gera (to do / to make).

So:

• ég geri = I do
• þú gerir = you do
• hann/hún/það gerir = he/she/it does
• við gerum = we do
• þið gerið = you (plural) do
• þeir/þær/þau gera = they do

This is a very common verb, and it changes stem in the singular forms, so you cannot just use the infinitive gera after ég.

Where does ekki go in the sentence?

In a normal main clause, ekki usually comes after the finite verb.

So:

• Ég geri ekki ... = I do not do ...

This is the standard position for sentence negation in Icelandic.
Compare:

• Ég kem ekki. = I am not coming.
• Hún veit ekki. = She does not know.

So Ég ekki geri... would be wrong in ordinary neutral word order.

What does allt mean here?