Getið þér sagt mér hvort hindberin séu fersk í dag?

Because this is a yes/no question. In Icelandic, the finite verb normally comes first in that kind of question.

So:

• Getið þér sagt mér ... ? = question
• Þér getið sagt mér ... = statement

This is the same basic idea as English Can you... ?

Here þér is a polite or formal you used when addressing one person respectfully. It takes plural verb forms, which is why the verb is getið rather than getur.

A learner should also know that þér can be the dative form of informal þú in other sentences, but that is not what is happening here. In this sentence, þér is the subject and means formal you.

In modern everyday Icelandic, this polite þér is quite formal and can sound old-fashioned or very courteous.

Getið is the present-tense plural form of geta, meaning can / be able to.

It appears here because the formal pronoun þér uses plural agreement.

Compare:

• þú getur = informal singular you can
• þér getið = formal singular you can
• þið getið = plural you can

So Getið þér... ? literally means Can you... ? in a formal register.

After verbs like geta, Icelandic often uses a special non-finite verb form called the supine (Icelandic sagnbót). For segja, that form is sagt.

So:

• dictionary form: segja = to say
• form used here: sagt

That means getið þér sagt is the normal pattern for can you say / can you tell.

This is a very common thing in Icelandic:

• geta komið = can come
• geta farið = can go
• geta sagt = can say / can tell

Mér means to me and is the dative form of ég.

It appears because segja commonly works with this pattern:

• segja einhverjum eitthvað = say something to someone / tell someone something

So in this sentence:

• sagt mér = tell me

This is just normal verb-case usage in Icelandic.

Hvort introduces an indirect yes/no question, so here it means whether.

Compare:

• direct question: Eru hindberin fersk í dag? = Are the raspberries fresh today?
• indirect question: ... hvort hindberin séu fersk í dag = ... whether the raspberries are fresh today

So the whole sentence is built like:

• Can you tell me
• whether
• the raspberries are fresh today

Séu is the subjunctive form of vera (to be), specifically the third-person plural present subjunctive.

It is used because hvort often introduces a clause involving uncertainty, reported questioning, or indirect speech, and Icelandic frequently uses the subjunctive in that situation.

So:

• eru = indicative are
• séu = subjunctive be / are in an indirect-question setting

In careful or more formal Icelandic, hvort ... séu is very natural. In everyday speech, many speakers may also use eru in similar sentences, but séu is grammatically very standard here.

Hindberin means the raspberries.

The base noun is hindber, which is a neuter noun. The ending -in here is the definite article in the plural.

A useful comparison:

• hindber = raspberries or raspberry depending on context
• hindberið = the raspberry
• hindberin = the raspberries

So in this sentence, the speaker is asking about a specific set or batch of raspberries.

Because the adjective has to agree with hindberin.

Since hindberin is:

• neuter
• plural
• nominative here

the adjective takes the matching form fersk.

Compare some forms of ferskur:

• masculine plural: ferskir
• feminine plural: ferskar
• neuter singular: ferskt
• neuter plural: fersk

So hindberin séu fersk means the raspberries are fresh.

Yes, it is fairly formal, mainly because of þér.

A more everyday version to one person would usually be:

• Geturðu sagt mér hvort hindberin séu fersk í dag?

Many speakers would even say:

• Geturðu sagt mér hvort hindberin eru fersk í dag?

So the original sentence is perfectly good Icelandic, but it sounds more polite, more formal, or more old-fashioned than what most people would say casually.

Yes, Icelandic has some flexibility in adverb placement, but í dag at the end is very natural here.

The sentence as given flows well:

• Getið þér sagt mér hvort hindberin séu fersk í dag?

Putting í dag elsewhere is possible in some contexts, but the final position is the most straightforward and neutral. It clearly tells you that today modifies the question about freshness.