Að bjarga sér heima — getting things done

Four verbs you use every day

verb	meaning	pattern
kveikja	to turn on, to light	kveikja á + dat
slökkva	to turn off, to extinguish	slökkva á + dat, or + acc
fylla	to fill	fylla út — fill in (a form)
fjarlægja	to remove	+ acc

to turn on, to light (kveikja á + Dat)kveikja and to turn off, to extinguish (slökkva á + Dat)slökkva are a pair, and both take **á + dative** for devices: *kveikja á ljósinu*, *slökkva á tölvunni*. For fire the bare accusative: *slökkva eldinn*. to fill (fylla út = fill in a form)fylla carries the paperwork function from the curriculum — **fylla út eyðublað**, to fill in a form — the thing every foreigner in Iceland does weekly.

Getting hold of things

Útvega (+ dat + acc) is to procure — to get someone something that is not simply for sale: útvega mér miða, get me a ticket.