Geturðu komið hingað með bókina?

Geturðu is a common spoken-and-written contraction of getur þú.

• getur = can / are able to
• þú = you

So geturðu literally comes from getur þú. This kind of contraction is very common in Icelandic, especially in everyday language.

Getur is the 2nd/3rd person singular present tense form of the verb geta (to be able to / can).

In this sentence it goes with þú, so it means can you.

A few present-tense forms of geta are:

• ég get = I can
• þú getur = you can
• hann/hún/það getur = he/she/it can
• við getum = we can

Because this is a yes/no question.

In Icelandic, yes/no questions often begin with the verb, just like English does in sentences such as Can you ...?

So:

• Þú getur komið ... = You can come ...
• Geturðu komið ...? = Can you come ...?

That verb-first order is very normal in Icelandic questions.

After geta (can / be able to), Icelandic normally uses the supine form of the main verb, not the infinitive.

So:

• geta komið = can come
• not geta koma

This is a very important pattern in Icelandic. English learners often expect an infinitive because English uses can come, but Icelandic works differently here.

With koma (to come), the relevant form is:

• infinitive: koma
• supine: komið

So Geturðu komið ...? is the correct structure.

Hingað means to here / over here / this way, so it expresses movement toward the speaker.

By contrast:

• hér = here (location)
• hingað = to here / hereward (motion toward here)

So in this sentence, hingað is used because someone is being asked to come somewhere.

Compare:

• Ég er hér. = I am here.
• Komdu hingað. = Come here.

Because með usually takes the accusative case when it means with in the sense used here.

The noun is bók (book). Its definite singular forms include:

• nominative: bókin = the book
• accusative: bókina = the book

Since með requires the accusative here, Icelandic uses:

• með bókina = with the book / bringing the book along

So bókin would be the wrong case in this sentence.

It is part of the definite form of the noun, meaning the.

Icelandic usually attaches the to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English does.

So:

• bók = a book / book
• bókin = the book (nominative)
• bókina = the book (accusative)

That final part changes depending on case, number, and gender.

In this sentence, it naturally means bringing the book with you.

Literally it is with the book, but in context, with a verb like koma (come), it usually implies carrying or bringing something along.

So the idea is not just come while the book exists nearby, but come and bring the book.

Yes. Geturðu ...? is a normal and polite everyday way to ask Can you ...?

It is less direct than a command like:

• Komdu hingað með bókina. = Come here with the book.

So Geturðu komið hingað með bókina? sounds like a request rather than an order.

If you wanted to sound even softer, Icelandic can also use things like:

• Gætirðu ...? = Could you ...?

The letter þ is pronounced like th in thin, not like th in this.

So:

• þú sounds roughly like thoo
• geturðu sounds roughly like GEH-tur-thu in careful pronunciation

In natural speech, the boundary between getur and þú is smoothed together, which is why the contracted spelling geturðu is so common.

Yes. Getur þú komið hingað með bókina? is fully understandable and grammatically correct.

But geturðu is more natural and common in everyday speech and writing. Native speakers very often use the contracted form in ordinary conversation.

So:

• Getur þú ...? = correct, slightly more full/explicit
• Geturðu ...? = very common, natural everyday form