Questions & Answers about Við förum á veitingastað á morgun.
What does Við mean and why is it necessary here?
Við is the Icelandic subject pronoun “we.” Unlike English, Icelandic is not a pro-drop language, so you normally include the pronoun even though the verb ending already marks the person. Hence við is required to say “we go/are going.”
Why is the present tense förum used when talking about something happening tomorrow? Isn’t there a future tense?
Icelandic does not have a separate future tense. The simple present is commonly used for near-future events, especially when a time adverbial like á morgun (“tomorrow”) is added. So Við förum á morgun literally means “We go tomorrow,” i.e. “We are going tomorrow.”
What is the infinitive of förum, and how is it conjugated in the present tense?
The infinitive is fara (“to go”), an irregular (strong) verb. Its present-tense paradigm is:
Ég fer
Þú ferð
Hann/hún fer
Við förum
Þið farið
Þeir/þær/þau fara
Here förum is 1st person plural: “we go/are going.”
What does á veitingastað mean, and why isn’t there an article like “a” or “the”?