Ekki rugla mér saman við systur mína; við erum ekki eins.

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Breakdown of Ekki rugla mér saman við systur mína; við erum ekki eins.

• ekki: not
• við: we
• minn: my

Questions & Answers about Ekki rugla mér saman við systur mína; við erum ekki eins.

Why does the sentence begin with Ekki rugla instead of an imperative form like Ruglaðu ekki?

In Icelandic, ekki + infinitive is a very common way to give a negative command:

Ekki rugla ... = Don’t confuse ...

So even though rugla is the infinitive, the whole expression works as a prohibition or warning. You can also hear forms like Ruglaðu ekki ..., but Ekki rugla ... is extremely natural and common.

What does rugla mér saman við systur mína mean grammatically?

This is a fixed expression:

rugla einhverjum saman við einhvern = to confuse someone with someone

Its parts are:

• rugla = confuse, mix up
• einhverjum = someone, in the dative
• saman = together / mixed up
• við einhvern = with someone, after the preposition við

So the whole structure is not just word-for-word; it is an idiomatic pattern you learn as one unit.

Why is it mér and not ég or mig?