Breakdown of Ég er ruglaður. Var götunafnið hér? Mig minnir það.
vera
to be
hér
here
ég
I
það
it / there (existential) / the one (n)
mig
me (acc)
minna
to seem to remember (impersonal, + accusative)
ruglaður
confused
götunafnið
the street name
Questions & Answers about Ég er ruglaður. Var götunafnið hér? Mig minnir það.
Why do we use mig instead of ég with the verb minna?
This is what we call a quirky subject. When minna is used to mean seem to remember or recall, the person doing the remembering is put in the accusative case. So, ég becomes mig.
How is mig minnir different from just saying ég man?
Að muna (ég man) means you definitely remember something. Að minna (mig minnir) expresses a bit of uncertainty, like saying I recall or I seem to remember. It fits perfectly here since the speaker is confused!
What case is the object það in here?
It is in the accusative case. This specific use of minna actually takes two accusatives: one for the person remembering (mig) and one for the thing being remembered (það).
If a woman was saying this sentence, would ruglaður change?
How is the word götunafnið put together?
It is a compound noun made from gata (street) and nafn (name), plus the neuter definite article -ið (the). The first part becomes götu- because compound words often use the genitive (possessive) form of the first noun, and götu is the genitive form of gata.
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