Questions
The most important words when it comes to questions are:
- af hverju = why?
- af því að = because
- hvað = what?
- hvenær = when?
- hver = who?
- hvar = where?
- hvert = to where?
- hvernig = how?
- hvaða = what kind of?, which?, what thing?
Other words relating to questions that are more advanced are:
- hvers vegna = why? (synonymous with “af hverju”)
- vegna þess = because of that
- vegna þess að = because (synonymous with “af því að”)
- hvor = which of the two? (feminine and masculine)
- hvort = which of the two? (neuter); whether
- hvorki ... né = neither ... nor
- hvorugt = neither of the two options
- hvergi = nowhere
- hvaðan = from where?
- hversu mikið = how much
Word order
Like in English, the word order changes to indicate that a sentence is a question:
- Það er gott. = That is good.
- Er það gott? = Is that good?
- Þessi hamborgari er góður. = This hamburger is good.
- Er þessi hamborgari góður? = Is this hamburger good?