Breakdown of Ég les pöntunarmiðann þinn af því að ég vil gera samlokuna sem hraðast.
ég
I
gera
to do / to make (something) + adjective
lesa
to read
vilja
to want (to will, be willing)
þinn
your (m, f, n: þinn, þín, þitt)
af því að
because
hraður
fast (adjective)
sem
as ... as possible (with superlative)
samlokan
the sandwich
pöntunarmiðinn
the order ticket
Questions & Answers about Ég les pöntunarmiðann þinn af því að ég vil gera samlokuna sem hraðast.
Why does sem hraðast translate to "as fast as possible" when there is no word for "possible" in the sentence?
The structure sem plus a superlative, such as the adverb hraðast (from hratt), is a specific Icelandic construction. It inherently means "as [fast] as possible", so you never need to add an extra word to express "possible".
Is hraðast an adjective or an adverb here?
It is a superlative adverb modifying the verb gera (to make). If it were an adjective describing the sandwich itself, it would have to agree in gender and case with the feminine accusative noun samlokuna.
Since pöntunarmiðann is the direct object, why doesn't the possessive pronoun þinn change its ending?
It actually is in the accusative case here, but the masculine accusative singular form of þinn happens to be identical to its nominative form. Because the core noun miði (ticket) is masculine, the pronoun must match its gender and case.
How is the compound noun pöntunarmiðann formed?
It combines pöntun (order) and the definite accusative noun miðann (the ticket). In Icelandic compound words, the first noun often takes the genitive case, changing pöntun to pöntunar to literally mean "the ticket of order".
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