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Questions & Answers about Gef mér brauðið!
How do we form the command word Gef?
To make a singular command (imperative) in Icelandic, you usually just take the infinitive form of the verb and drop the final -a. The infinitive here is gefa (to give), so dropping the -a leaves us with the command Gef!
I usually hear people say Gefðu, so why is it just Gef here?
Gef is the strict grammatical command form. However, in spoken Icelandic, it's very common to attach the word for "you" (þú) to the end of the command, which softens into -ðu. So, Gefðu means the exact same thing and is what you will hear most often in everyday speech.
Why does this sentence use mér instead of mig for "me"?
The verb gefa (to give) takes two objects and follows a strict rule: the person receiving the item must be in the dative case. Mér is the dative form of ég (I/me).
Why is it brauðið and what case is it in?
Brauð means "bread", and the -ið at the end is the attached definite article, meaning "the". It is in the accusative case because it's the direct object (the thing being given). Luckily, for neuter words like brauð, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the basic dictionary form.