### Ordering Food
Use the phrase `ég ætla að fá ...` when you want to say "i would like ..."
### Að Ætla
Að ætla is a very versatile verb with many common uses. It can mean:
1. To mean to, intend to
2. To be going to (intending to)
3. To look like, be going to (course of events to happen)
4. To think, believe, suppose (very formal and old sounding)
5. To wonder (subjunctive + subjunctive)
> [!example] To mean to, intend to
> Ég ætlaði ekki að særa þig
> I didn't mean to hurt you
>
> Hann ætlaði henni að leggja stund á lögfræði
> He intended for her to study law
> [!example] To be going to
> Ég ætla heim
> I'm going home
>
> Ég ætla að fara í bíó
> I'm going to the cinema
> [!example] To look like, be going to
> Það ætlar að rigna
> It looks like it's going to rain
> [!example] To think, believe, suppose
> Farið er að skýja, og ætla ég að fljótlega byrji að rigna
> It is getting cloudy, and I think it will soon start raining
> [!example] To wonder
> Hvað ætli hann sé að gera núna?
> What do you think he is doing right now?
### Mediopassive
The mediopassive can be used in the following situations
1. Reciprocal
2. Reflexive
3. Passive
4. Deponent
Verbs that you will consistently find in the mediopassive form, and their active vs mediopassive meanings are as follows
| Active | Meaning | Mediopassive | Meaning |
| -------- | -------------- | ------------ | -------------------------- |
| Að Finna | To find | Að Finnast | To feel that |
| Að Koma | To come | Að Komast | To manage to get somewhere |
| Að Gera | To do, make | Að Ferast | To happen, become |
| Að Taka | To take | Að Takast | To succeed |
| Að Fara | To go | Að Farast | To perish (in an accident) |
| Að Láta | To let, put | Að Látast | To pass away; to pretend |
| Að Kalla | To call, shout | Að Kallast | To converse, be named |
| Að Hafa | To have | Að Hafast | To dwell, stay |
Note that many mediopassive verbs take subjects in a case other than nominative.
### Impersonal Verbs
Some verbs are used impersonally, where the subject will be in an oblique case, dative or accusative, and the verb will be in the third person singular form.
#### Accusative Verbs
| Active | Meaning |
| --------- | --------------------------- |
| Að Langa | To want, desire |
| Að Vanta | To need, be missing |
| Að Dreyma | To dream |
| Að Minna | To recall, vaguely remember |
| Að Syfja | To get sleepy |
| Að Þyrsta | To be thirsty |
> [!example] Að langa
> Mig langar í kaffi
> I want coffee
#### Dative Verbs
| Active | Meaning |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Að Finnast | To feel that |
| Að Liða | To feel like (physically/emotionally) |
| Að Líka | To like |
| Að Leiðast | To be bored |
| Að Takast | To succeed, manage to |
| Að Sýnast | To look like, seem, appear to be |
| Að Detta í hug | To occur to, come to mind |
| Að Batna | To get better |
> [!example] Að líka
> Mér likar það
> I like it
#### Genitive Verbs
Genitive verbs are quite rare, and one of the few common ones is `að njóta`, which can mean "to enjoy" or "to benefit from"
> [!example] Sól
> Hér nýtur ekki sólar
> The sun doesn't shine here.
> [!example] Hann
> Hans nýtur ekki lengur við
> He's no longer around