nenna

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Verb

nenna (+ dative)

1. to be bothered (to do something), to bother, to feel like, to care to.

   Nennirðu að sækja Lilju í leikskólann?

   Could you pick Lilja up at the kindergarten?

   Ég nenni ekki að gera þetta.

   I can't be bothered to do this.

   Ég er ekki að fara að nenna þessu..

   I'm not about to be bothered to do this..

   Ég nenni að standa upp.

   I can be bothered with standing up.

   Ég nenni ekki að standa upp.

   I'm too lazy to stand up.

[edit] Usage notes

• It's very hard to translate this verb into English, as it has no proper English equivalent. It can often be translated with "would (you be bothered)" or "could (you be bothered)". Only using the words "would" or "could" to translate nenna would not be sufficient, as those words denote the meaning of "ability", but nenna also denotes the meaning of "being bothered with".

  Nennirðu að slökkva á helvítis sjónvarpinu?

  Would you turn off the goddamn television?