Questions & Answers about Ég þarf hjálp með verkefnið.
What does each word in Ég þarf hjálp með verkefnið do?
A quick breakdown:
- Ég = the subject, I
- þarf = the present-tense verb form of þurfa, need
- hjálp = help, the thing being needed
- með = with
- verkefnið = the assignment / the project / the task
One important grammar note: after með, standard Icelandic normally uses the dative, so many teachers would expect verkefninu here rather than verkefnið. So the fully standard version would usually be:
Ég þarf hjálp með verkefninu.
Why is it þarf and not þurfa?
Because þurfa is the infinitive form, like English to need.
In the sentence, you need the conjugated present-tense form:
- ég þarf = I need
- þú þarft = you need
- hann / hún / það þarf = he / she / it needs
- við þurfum = we need
- þið þurfið = you all need
- þeir / þær / þau þurfa = they need
So ég þarf is the correct form for I need.