Questions & Answers about Í dag vinn ég mikið.
Why does the verb come before the subject here (vinn ég instead of ég vinn)?
This sentence follows the Verb-Second (V2) rule. Because the sentence starts with the time phrase Í dag (Today), the verb vinn (work) must take the second position. This forces the subject ég (I) to flip to the third position.
The English translation says 'I am working,' but isn't vinn just 'I work'?
Yes, it is! Icelandic doesn't have a separate continuous tense like the English 'am working' or 'is doing'. The simple present tense verb vinn covers both 'I work' and 'I am working', depending on what sounds best in English.
Why is 'today' written as two words (Í dag)?
In Icelandic, 'today' is expressed as a phrase using the preposition í (in) and the noun dag (day). You will see this literal 'in day' structure used for several other time-related phrases as well.
I previously learned the word for 'much' or 'great' is mikill. Why is it mikið here?
mikill is the masculine dictionary form of the adjective. However, when you use an adjective to describe an action rather than a noun (meaning you are using it as an adverb to say you work 'a lot'), you use its neuter singular form, which is mikið.