Breakdown of Ég vona að innsæið gefi þér svarið.
ég
I
þú
you
gefa
to give
svarið
the answer (n)
að
that (conjunction)
vona
to hope
innsæið
the intuition
Questions & Answers about Ég vona að innsæið gefi þér svarið.
How do we form the present subjunctive gefi from the strong verb gefa?
For strong verbs like gefa, you simply take the infinitive stem (gef-) and add the present subjunctive endings. Since the subject innsæið acts as a third-person singular (it), we use the ending -i, which gives us gefi.
Why is the verb gefa in the subjunctive mood here?
The verb vona (to hope) expresses a wish or a desired outcome rather than a guaranteed fact. In Icelandic, using the phrase vona að (hope that) always triggers the subjunctive mood for the verb that follows it in the subclause.
Why is the pronoun þér used here instead of þig or þú?
The verb gefa (to give) takes two objects: a dative recipient and an accusative object being given. Þér is the dative form of þú (you) representing the person receiving something, while the given object svarið (the answer) is in the accusative case.
Both innsæið and svarið end in -ið. What does this suffix tell us?
It is a great reminder that both are singular neuter nouns with the definite article attached. Innsæi (intuition) becomes innsæið (the intuition), and svar (answer) becomes svarið (the answer).
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