Ég kann að elda einfaldan kvöldmat.

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Breakdown of Ég kann að elda einfaldan kvöldmat.

• elda: to cook
• kvöldmatur: the dinner
• einfaldur: simple

Questions & Answers about Ég kann að elda einfaldan kvöldmat.

Why is there að after kann?

In this sentence, að is the infinitive marker, similar to English to in to cook.

• kann = can / know how to
• að elda = to cook

So Ég kann að elda literally means I know how to cook.

This is a normal pattern with kunna when it means knowing how to do something. English often drops to after can, but Icelandic uses að here.

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What does kann mean exactly, and how is it different from get?