Ég set salat og brauð í matarkassann minn.

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Breakdown of Ég set salat og brauð í matarkassann minn.

• brauðið: the bread
• setja: to put
• minn: my

Questions & Answers about Ég set salat og brauð í matarkassann minn.

What does each word in Ég set salat og brauð í matarkassann minn mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• Ég = I
• set = put / place
• salat = salad
• og = and
• brauð = bread
• í = in / into
• matarkassann = the lunchbox / the food box
• minn = my

So the sentence literally looks like:

• I put salad and bread into the lunchbox my

But in natural English, that becomes I put salad and bread into my lunchbox.

Why is set used here, and what is the dictionary form of the verb?