Questions & Answers about Hvernig skrifar þú orðið?
Why is the verb skrifar before þú?
In Icelandic questions, the verb comes right after the question word. So instead of using a helper word like "do" as in "How do you write", Icelandic simply swaps the verb and the subject to literally say "How write you".
Does the word hvernig change depending on what I am asking about?
No, hvernig (how) is a fixed word. Unlike the determiner hvaða (which/what) which we also look at in this lesson, hvernig never changes its form or takes on different endings, no matter what or who you are asking about.
Where is the word for "the" in this sentence?
Why is there an '-r' at the end of skrifar?
The base dictionary form of the verb is skrifa (to write). Because the subject is þú (you, singular), the verb takes the standard present tense ending -r to become skrifar.
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