verb • asking someone to do something on your behalf, while acknowledging that this task is disagreeable; to be bothered (to do something), do bother, to feel like, to care to
Icelandic; Nenna 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”.
[via Wiktionary; posted by jacquelynn]
