Questions & Answers about Kennarinn truflar hann ekki.
Isn't hann the word for "he"? Why does it mean "him" here?
Yes, hann means "he", but it is also the accusative form for "him". While some pronouns change completely when they become the object of a sentence (like how ég becomes mig), hann stays exactly the same whether it is the subject doing the action or the object receiving it.
Does the verb truflar force the pronoun into the accusative case here?
Exactly! The verb trufla (to disturb) always takes a direct object in the accusative case. Because the teacher is doing the disturbing, "him" is the object receiving the action.
Why is ekki placed at the very end of this sentence?
In Icelandic main clauses, the negative word ekki (not) usually comes right after the verb and its pronoun object. Since the verb is truflar and the pronoun object is hann, ekki goes after both of them.
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