In Icelandic, the subject is not always in nominative. It is often marked accusative or dative. This type of subject is called a quirky subject, and Icelandic is a language in which it occurs.
The sentence I am cold with the meaning of I feel cold is Mér er kalt in Icelandic. The subject is in dative case. In the sentence I want water, Icelandic uses the accusative case in subject position. The Icelandic sentence is Mig langar í vatn. In both sentences, English uses nominative case, but Icelandic does not.
In English the subject is always marked in nominative cases. However, in other languages such as Icelandic, this is not the case. Icelandic has quirky subjects, subjects that are not marked with the nominative case.
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