Breakdown of Í maí og júní dreymir mig oft um ferðalag, jafnvel þegar ég hef mikið að gera.
Questions & Answers about Í maí og júní dreymir mig oft um ferðalag, jafnvel þegar ég hef mikið að gera.
Because dreyma is not used like the English verb to dream.
In this common Icelandic pattern, the person who has the dream is in the accusative, not the nominative. So Icelandic says:
- mig dreymir = I dream / I am dreaming
- literally, something closer to me dreams
So mig is correct here, not ég.
This is because of Icelandic verb-second word order.
The sentence begins with the time expression Í maí og júní. When something other than the subject comes first, the finite verb usually comes next:
- Mig dreymir oft um ferðalag.
- Í maí og júní dreymir mig oft um ferðalag.
So dreymir moves into the second position, and mig comes after it.