Questions & Answers about Ég greiði mér og nota hárblásarann.
Why does this sentence use mér instead of a special reflexive word for "myself"?
In Icelandic, there are no special reflexive pronouns (like "myself" or "yourself") for the 1st and 2nd person. You simply use the regular object pronouns. The verb greiða (to comb) takes a dative object when referring to the person being combed, so you use the dative pronoun mér to say "myself". Only the 3rd person has a dedicated reflexive pronoun (sig/sér/sín).
The English translation says "my hair", but I don't see the word for hair (hár) in the Icelandic sentence. Why?
In Icelandic, the phrase að greiða sér (to comb oneself) is the standard way to say you are brushing or combing your hair. Saying Ég greiði mér literally means "I comb myself." It is completely understood to mean hair, so you don't need to add the word hár to the sentence.
Why is hárblásari (hairdryer) written as hárblásarann here?
Two things are happening here. First, the verb nota (to use) requires its object to be in the accusative case, which changes the masculine word hárblásari to hárblásara. Second, we are saying "the" hairdryer, so we add the masculine accusative definite suffix -nn, giving us hárblásarann.
Why isn't the pronoun ég repeated before nota?