Questions & Answers about Truflar hann þig?
Why is the word for "you" þig instead of þú here?
þig is the accusative form of þú. In this sentence, "you" are the object receiving the action of being disturbed. Just like English changes "I" to "me" when it acts as an object, Icelandic changes þú to þig.
Where is the word for "does" in this sentence?
Icelandic doesn't use helper words like "do" or "does" to ask questions. Instead, you just swap the verb and the subject. A normal statement is Hann truflar (He disturbs), so the question simply becomes Truflar hann? (Disturbs he?).
Does the verb trufla always force the pronoun into the accusative case?
Yes! In Icelandic, the verb decides what case the object will be in. The verb trufla (to disturb) always takes a direct object in the accusative case, which is why we must use þig.
How do we know hann is the one doing the disturbing, and not þig?
We know who is doing the action because of the word cases. hann (he) is in the nominative case, which marks the subject. þig (you) is in the accusative case, which marks the object being acted upon. Even though both pronouns follow the verb, their forms tell us exactly what job they are doing in the sentence.
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