Questions & Answers about Komdu hingað í smástund og skoðaðu þetta.
Why are komdu and skoðaðu written like that? What verb forms are they?
They are both singular imperative forms — commands said to one person.
- komdu = imperative of koma (to come)
- skoðaðu = imperative of skoða (to look at / examine)
In Icelandic, commands to one person often end in -ðu / -du:
- komdu! = come!
- skoðaðu! = look at it! / take a look!
So the sentence is giving two commands:
- Komdu hingað
- og skoðaðu þetta
Why doesn’t the sentence include þú for you?
Because Icelandic usually leaves out the subject pronoun in commands.
So instead of saying:
- Þú komdu hingað
you normally just say:
- Komdu hingað
The imperative form itself already shows that the speaker is addressing you.
If þú is included, it usually adds emphasis, contrast, or sounds marked in some way.
Why is it hingað and not hér?