Breakdown of Mig vantar miðann af því að rússíbaninn í tívolíinu er miklu hraðari.
vera
to be
mig
me (acc)
í
in / into / to (before the hour, in telling time) / per (in frequency expressions)
miðinn
the ticket
af því að
because
mikill
great, much (adjective: snjórinn er mikill)
vanta
to need (to lack)
hraður
fast (adjective)
rússíbaninn
the roller coaster
tívolíið
the amusement park
Questions & Answers about Mig vantar miðann af því að rússíbaninn í tívolíinu er miklu hraðari.
Why do we use the word miklu to say "much" in miklu hraðari?
This is the "dative of difference," which is how Icelandic shows how much greater or lesser something is when comparing things. Miklu is the dative form of the adjective mikill (great/much). When you put it in front of a comparative adjective like hraðari (faster), it translates to "much faster" or literally "faster by much."
Why is the subject translated as Mig instead of Ég?
The verb vanta (to need/lack) is an impersonal verb. It requires the person experiencing the need to be in the accusative case (Mig) rather than the nominative (Ég). The thing that is needed (miðann) is also in the accusative case.
Why does tívolí have the ending -inu here?
The preposition í takes the dative case when it describes a fixed location ("in the amusement park"). Tívolí is a neuter noun, and when you add the dative definite article ("the"), it gets the ending -inu, making it tívolíinu.
Would the ending of hraðari change if the roller coaster was a feminine or neuter word?
It only changes for neuter words. Comparative adjectives like hraðari are relatively easy: they end in -ari for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. If the noun were neuter, it would end in -ara (for example, barnið er hraðara).
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