Settu eplahýðið í ruslatunnuna, vinsamlegast.

to put

Breakdown of Settu eplahýðið í ruslatunnuna, vinsamlegast.

• í: into
• vinsamlegast: please
• eplahýðið: the apple peel

Questions & Answers about Settu eplahýðið í ruslatunnuna, vinsamlegast.

What form is settu?

Settu is the imperative singular of setja (to put, place, set).

It is the form you use when speaking directly to one person:

• Settu ... = Put ...
• If you were speaking to more than one person, you would use a different imperative form.

In this sentence, Settu eplahýðið í ruslatunnuna means Put the apple peel into the trash can.

Why does eplahýði become eplahýðið?

The ending -ð at the end is the suffixed definite article in Icelandic.

So:

• eplahýði = an apple peel / apple peel
• eplahýðið = the apple peel

Icelandic usually adds the to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front, unlike English.

Here, eplahýðið is the thing being put somewhere, so it is the direct object of the sentence.

What exactly does eplahýði mean?