Breakdown of Mig vantar plásturinn af því að krakkinn slasaðist.
ég
I
krakkinn
the kid
af því að
because
vanta
to need (to lack)
plásturinn
the Band-Aid (m)
slasast
to get injured
Questions & Answers about Mig vantar plásturinn af því að krakkinn slasaðist.
How does the -st ending change the meaning of slasaðist here?
The base verb slasa means to injure someone else. By adding the middle voice -st ending, it becomes a spontaneous or reflexive action. Instead of saying the kid injured someone else, slasaðist means the kid got injured or injured themselves.
Why does the sentence start with Mig vantar instead of Ég vantar?
The verb vanta (to need or lack) is an impersonal verb. The person who needs something is not the grammatical subject, so we use the accusative pronoun mig instead of the nominative ég.
What case is plásturinn in?
It is in the accusative case. The verb vanta takes a double accusative, meaning both the person needing something and the thing they need must be in the accusative case. Because plástur is a masculine noun, its accusative definite form happens to look exactly the same as the nominative.
Could I just say af því krakkinn slasaðist without the að?
No, you need the að. The phrase af því on its own means because of that. To introduce a full clause with its own subject and verb, you must use the complete conjunction af því að (because).
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