Questions & Answers about Hún snertir ennið mitt.
What is each word doing in Hún snertir ennið mitt?
- Hún = she
- snertir = touches / is touching
- ennið = the forehead
- mitt = my
So grammatically, hún is the subject, snertir is the verb, and ennið mitt is the object: my forehead.
Why is it hún here?
Hún is the nominative form of she. Icelandic uses the nominative for the subject of the sentence, just like English uses she instead of her in she touches...
Other forms of this pronoun would be used in other cases, for example:
- hana = her (accusative)
- henni = her (dative)
So hún is used because she is the one doing the action.
Why is the verb snertir and not snerta?
Snerta is the infinitive, meaning to touch.
In the sentence, the verb has to be conjugated to match hún (she), so it becomes snertir, the form: