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Questions & Answers about Drekkur barnið mjólk?
Why is there no Icelandic word for "Does" in this sentence?
Icelandic doesn't use helper verbs like "do" or "does" to form questions. Instead, it just puts the main verb at the front of the sentence. So Drekkur barnið mjólk? literally translates to "Drinks the child milk?".
Why is mjólk in the accusative case, and why didn't its spelling change?
Because the milk is the thing being acted upon (drunk), it is the direct object and must be in the accusative case. Since it is a bare noun here (meaning it doesn't have "the" attached to it), we use its basic accusative form. For many feminine words like mjólk, this bare accusative form is spelled exactly the same as the dictionary form!
Why is the subject barnið and not just barn?
Can I use drekkur if I want to ask "Do I drink milk?"
No, verbs change depending on who is doing the action. Drekkur is only for the "he/she/it" forms. Since barnið (the child) acts as an "it", we use drekkur. If you wanted to talk about yourself, you would use the form drekk.