Breakdown of Mig langar að vita niðurstöðu kosninganna.
mig
me (acc)
langa
to want
að
to (infinitive marker)
vita
to know (a fact, information)
niðurstaðan
the result
kosningin
the election
Questions & Answers about Mig langar að vita niðurstöðu kosninganna.
Why does the word for 'the elections' end in -anna?
Why does this sentence start with Mig instead of Ég?
The verb langa (to want) is an impersonal verb. In Icelandic, these verbs don't take a normal subject in the nominative case. Instead, they force the person who wants something into the accusative case, which is why we use mig instead of ég.
Why do we need að before vita?
Just like the word 'to' in English 'to know', að is the infinitive marker. It is used here to connect the main verb langa with the infinitive verb vita.
Why is it niðurstöðu instead of the dictionary form niðurstaða?
It is the direct object of the verb vita (to know). When the feminine noun niðurstaða (result) becomes the object of an action, it takes the accusative case, which is niðurstöðu.
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